and good morning. good morning, america. we are happy to all be back as more states open for business, signs of what the new normal might look like. together this morning. still minding our social distance, but we are at the same desk which is nice. crowds lured outside by the warm weather to parks and beaches. this morning, the numbers close to 1.5 million covid-19 cases in the u.s. with close to 89,000 the restrictions in place. al fresco dining in parking lots deaths. >> faced with both a pandemic and an economic deep freeze, with a grim prediction for restaurants, will your favorite survive? more american businesses are reopening tentatively. today, nascar restarts without gamblers taking risk with their spectators. rory mcilroy and other pro golfers will play a live money and their health. >> it's packed in there. >> and the big-name stars. ♪ i had the time of my life televised round for charity with no caddies, and tomorrow, detroit's three auto makers will >> performing to an audience of restart production with new none. safety measures. critical comments. overseas at the vatican, the former president barack obama taking aim at the trump workers covered head to toe in administration's handling of the coronavirus. protective gear have been busy >> more than anything, this overnight giving st. peter's pandemic has fully finally torn basilica a thorough cleaning,

back the curtain on the idea though careful not to damage that so many folks in charge know what they're doing. precious works of art, ready to >> how the administration is open tomorrow after a two-month closure. >> we have team coverage this morning. let's get right to abc's trevor ault. reacting. good morning to you, trevor. l.a. explosions. >> reporter: good morning, eva. the director of the cdc has made fire erupting from multiple a grim prediction -- the united states is expected to pass blasts, smoke filling the downtown district. nearly a dozen firefighters injured. 100,000 covid-19 deaths by june 1st. while just about every state is >> this has been upgraded to starting to reopen in some way, what we call a major emergency category. >> the latest on the investigation into how it started. deepening mystery. the husband charged with killing his wife. but where is her body? so many businesses wonder if how investigators say he may they'll survive long enough to have used the coronavirus to cover up the alleged crime. fully reopen their doors. >> she was a wonderful person that didn't deserve any of this. >> her coworkers speaking out.c. this weekend, a mix of beautiful weather and a mounting anxiousness to finally get outside drawing crowds by the thousands to america's parks, beaches and in some areas, businesses. >> it's been rough. but we have been, you know, going by the guidelines and not going out, trying to stay home. >> reporter: as of tomorrow, 49 states, all but connecticut will have started to reopen, the covid-19 infections are still climbing. new york governor andrew cuomo saying surprisingly new cases in

his state are coming from people who haven't been going to work. >> i thought it might be predominantly essential workers who are still out there, working, showing up and that's where the new cases may have come from. that was exactly wrong. >> reporter: in texas the highest one-day jump in cases yet on saturday. 700 of them in amarillo, mainly tied to meat packing plants. governor greg abbott now bolstering a task force sent to the area. and nationwide, restaurants fighting to stay alive. >> local businesses are closed. there's not much traffic. but what hurt us the most is -- you know, it's hard to find people to work. i mean, nobody wants to work. >> reporter: an analysis of 20,000 restaurants from dining website opentable, claiming 1 in 4 restaurants will shut down permanently following this pandemic.

the origin pancake house in california, fighting significant losses by reopening in defiance of state's order and so far the response has been overwhelming positive. >> of course, there's always going to be that one person that isn't happy. >> reporter: local officials say they won't shut the restaurant down, but they also can't protect it. >> we can't help them when the state comes after them. >> reporter: a few illinois restaurants taking advantage of outdoor dining opportunities, filling their parking lots with tables. but with some groups considering breaking gathering bans, mayor lori lightfoot with a stark warning. >> this is not playing russian roulette. this is playing with a gun that's fully loaded and cocked. >> this is nice to be able to get out. >> reporter: casinos opening their doors and masks not required. >> it's packed in ther't a whol outside waiting of social distancing.

♪ i had the time of my life >> reporter: and some big-name stars performing to a live audience of no one. ♪ i swear it's the truth >> reporter: the black eyed peas live-streaming a los angeles show with no crowd. ♪ >> reporter: and country star keith urban doing the same inside an empty grand ole opry. now, behind me, wolf and lamb, one of so many restaurants in new york city that's already announced it won't be coming back. in their announcement, they didn't mince words. they said they were closing due to covid-19. they say they hope to one day return to brooklyn, but they'll have to wait until the conditions are right, and in this pandemic, in this difficult economic environment, it's impossible to know when that might be. eva? >> thank you, trevor. to u.s. politics now and former u.s. president obama criticizing the trump administration's handling of the coronavirus crisis. abc's rachel scott joins us from

washington with more. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: eva, good morning. this is a rare public rebuke from former president barack obama criticizing the coronavirus response, and it comes just one week after he slammed the trump administration's handling his former staffers. calling it, quote, an absolute chaotic disaster. this time in a public online commencement address for graduating seniors at historically black colleges and universities, obama said the u.s. is lacking leadership. >> more than anything, this pandemic has fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. if the world's going to get better, it's going to be up to you. >> reporter: and those comments come as the trump administration blames their predecessors for a depleted stockpile three years into the president's term, claiming they left it empty.

eva? >> rachel, an investigation is now under way into the firing of the state department inspector general. democrats say that he was investigating secretary of state mike pompeo? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, eva. that friday night firing of state department inspector general steve linick has now sparked a democratic investigation. lawmakers believe this was politically motivated. a white house official tells me this move was recommended by the secretary of state, mike pompeo. democrats said that mike pompeo was also being investigated himself. a congressional aide telling us the ig was looking into whether pompeo had misused the political appointee to perform tasks for himself and his wife. democrats are accusing the president of trying to protect one of his most loyal supporters, but the president said he lost confidence in list linick, and he'll be removed in the next 30 days, dan. >> okay, thank you. really appreciate it. so much to talk about here, let's bring in our chief anchor george stephanopoulos who will be hosting "this week" later this morning. i asked them to find a bigger table.

>> it's good to be back in the studio. we have the requisite six feet. >> we do, and then some. let's start with the story about the state department, we have the news that the president fired the investigator, the ig. this is the person who's supposed to be looking after waste and fraud. democrats are crying foul. what are the consequences of this story? >> the president has the legal authority to do this. he's given the notice. they have the 30 days to execute this. it's part of an unprecedented move by the president to take away independent oversight. this is the fourth move to get rid of an inspector general in the last several weeks. he fired the inspector of the intelligence community, for the defense department, for the department of health and human services. now the state department as well, and the question is, why? as you see, democrats are going to investigate right now. they say the inspector general was looking into the practices of mike pompeo, the secretary of state. this is not going to go away any time soon, and as i said, even though presidents in the past have fired inspector generals, we've never seen a string of firings like this. you even have some republicans

including mitt romney and susan collins now raising questions about the president's actions. >> let's talk about someone else who's raising questions about the president, former president barack obama. are we more likely to see more of him as we head into november now? >> i think it's only just begun, and it's been a pretty extraordinary weeks between president obama and president trump. president trump has had over 150 tweets over the last week that take on president obama. he's trying to raise questions, again, about the russia investigation, what he calls obamagate. something that he has no charges to back up a crime. he charges, but he doesn't have any evidence to back it up. what you are now seeing is president obama beginning his effort, i think to become joe biden's chief surrogate in this campaign for president, stepping out first with these not so veiled comments about the president's covid response. ic i think you're going to see more of that in the future, and

what's most telling is president obama's one-order tweet on thursday in response to president trump. the word was, vote. >> all right, george, thank you very much. great to see you on a sunday morning. and i want to remind everyone that george has a big show this morning, he'll go one-on-one the white house trade adviser peter navarro for more on the sweeping economic impact of this pandemic. plus, senator bernie sanders comes on to talk about the democrats' push for more coronavirus stimulus funding. that's coming up later this morning right here on abc. whit, over to you. >> dan, thank you. now to a massive explosion in downtown los angeles, seriously injuring multiple firefighters, flames shooting from the buildings. abc's zohreen shah joins us with the latest developments. zohreen, good morning to you. >> reporter: whit, the explosion was so powerful it happened a block behind me, and you could feel it where i'm standing right now. >> copy, delta explosion. >> reporter: overnight, explosions erupting in downtown

los angeles, leaving multiple buildings on fire and several firefighters injured. firefighters on the ground racing to combat the flames. witnesses saying there were multiple blasts as smoke filled the downtown district. >> you walk outside and it was just -- it was unnatural, heavy smoke in the air that i honestly couldn't describe. >> reporter: as it spread more and more, engines arrived on the scene. >> firefighters were coming out with obvious damage and burns. >> reporter: the blast occurred on boyd street at a smoke and vape shop. with the fire rapidly spreading to surrounding buildings, dispatchers quickly became concerned with structural safety. >> i don't want anybody falling in there. >> reporter: with 11 firefighters sustaining burn injuries, the incident was considered a major emergency. >> we quickly called for additional firefighters. this has been upgraded to mayor emergency category. with over 230 firefighters that have arrived on scene.

lafd even setting up an emergency medical camp for treating and transporting firefighters injured on site. >> there will be some medical attention, some medical procedures that will follow. >> reporter: the injuries range from first to third degree burns, including the firefighters' backs, arms and ears, but the mayor says everyone is going to make it. meanwhile, an investigation is still ongoing. eva? >> zohreen, thank you. now to killing of ahmaud arbery. the unarmed black man shot to death in georgia, hundreds of people rallying to demand changes after it took two months to charge two white suspects. abc's zachary kiesch joins us with more. good morning, zachary. >> reporter: good morning to you as well, eva. you know, this story is really broadening beyond just ahmaud arbe arbery, and the mcmichaels and shedding a light on the police department. one of allegations of corruption

for years. overnight, protests taking over the streets of south georgia, hundreds seeking justice in the resignation of two county prosecutors following the shooting death of ahmaud arbery. [ chanting ] a georgia district attorney initially said the killing of arbery, an unarmed black jogger was justified under georgia law. for 74 days, travis mcmichael and his father greg, a former cop, walked free. this morning, wsb-tv reporting that greg mcmichaels shared this video with a friend and asked it to be released publicly. because he thought it vindicated them. after public outcry, the two men were arrested and charged with murder. the mcmichaels contend they were trying to protect the neighborhood. and told police they were making a citizen's arrest. though there's no evidence arbery committed any crime. two county commissioners said the d.a.'s office blocked the police department from arresting the mcmichaels following the shooting. the district attorney jackie johnson has denied this allegation. this as there are growing calls for the police to be disbanded.

>> i think this particular police department has always tried to protect their own and sometimes to the detriment not just the system itself but to the cause of justice here. >> reporter: troubling allegations surrounding the department, unrelated to arbery killing are under renewed spotlight. accusations including witness tampering and a sex scandal with drug informants. in march, several officers were indicted and the police chief was placed on administrative leave after being charged with perjury. the chairman said the indictments aren't reflective of the police department. >> the law enforcement and the judicial system, the legal system has faced a lot of questions for many, many years about the way they conduct business and the way they mete out justice. georgia lawmakers will vote on a nonbinding measure that will allow voters in the state to completely disband this police department and merge resources with the county sheriff. whit?

>> still a lot of questions in a big case. zachary kiesch for us, thank you. we want to transition, get to rob marciano who's in otis, massachusetts. still covering the weather and a tropical storm that you are following on the radar, rob. >> good morning, whit. hello, everyone, from otis, massachusetts. not far from where we were yesterday with that tornado damage. looers a -- here's a look across parts of texas. this is between dallas and tyler. there were eight tornados, and significant damage here obviously as a home is ripped off its foundation. today the main concern will be floods through northern louisiana, up through michigan, and chicago. it won't be a pretty day there. from minneapolis, to chicago, indianapolis, detroit. a very slow-moving system and we're looking at significant rainfall today. could see 3, 4, 5 inches on top of what they've already seen. look at this. first tropical storm of the season. arthur is the name, about 300 miles south of cape hatteras. heading in that direction. can you believe this now? the water is really cold here so

we don't expect it to blow up into a hurricane, but it's going to create some messy weather for the carolinas here as we go through time. our computer models bringing it to morehead city tomorrow morning around 7:00 a.m. heavy wind and battering waves not just there, but across the peninsula, and it will be windy through tomorrow as well, through tomorrow night. significant rainfall not just with that along the coast, but this other system that's kind of combining in chicago up through parts of cleveland, toledo, detroit. we could see 3 to 4 inches of rainfall. this is on top of what they saw yesterday. a slow-moving system, and this will help push that tropical storm out to sea hopefully as we go through the middle good sunday morning. we've got the clouds and fog and scattered rain showers this morning, becoming more widely scattered this afternoon and more rain tonight. it's a level one system. tonight scattered downpours but

looking at the rainfall amounts through today and tomorrow at about 0.2 across the bay area. then we will warm up throughout the second half of the week. it's going to take a while, though, but sunny and warmer by next weekend. over yesterday to check out the pool opening in the backyard. as you can see, we've expanded the pool. a little bit bigger and a little bit more difficult to heat here. i'm kidding. this is a reservoir here in western massachusetts. not too far from the damage we reported on yesterday in holyoke. should be a decent day here as the sun comes up over the berkshires. back to you guys. >> beautiful spot, rob. thank you. >> we might have to crash the pool. >> he's just taunting you with that. >> robert, thank you. we'll see you in the next half hour. we want to turn to a huge loss in the comedy world this

morning. for 50 years fred willard stole countless scenes in countless movies including "best in show." and tv shows such as "modern family." he was 86 years old. kimberly brooks is here with much more. >> reporter: good morning, dan. yes, it's extraordinary to have a successful career and stay relevant for more than five decades, but fred willard was a man of singular talent and his work proves he was nothing short of a legend. r the la time, ag you willea that prompter, bu >> reporter: overnight, comedy legend fred willard, known for roles on the big screen, passing away at the age of 86. the actor first rising to prominence in the 1977 satirical series "bernwood tonight." >> i'm jerry hubbard. >> reporter: becoming known for his scene-stealing roles in movies like "best in show." showcasing his dry sense of

humor. >> i'll be glad to do the show on broadway. there will probably be other offers. keeping our fingers crossed. i don't know if the theater and the stage is for me. >> reporter: popping up in movies for all ages, including disney pixar's "wall-e." >> due to effects of microgravity, you and your passengers may have suffered some slight bone loss. >> reporter: taking on memorable parts on television. >> it hits the spacing, and whoa, nelly. >> reporter: most recently on "modern family." >> but i still need the fedora to pull off jack ruby and lee harvey oswald. >> be careful. >> no, it's not loaded. >> no, there's a pothole. >> reporter: willard drawing praise from fellow stars. comedy icons ben stiller, steve carell and steve martin all honoring him. with martin calling willard his comic hero. the influential comedian always pushing boundaries, managing to get laughs out of the toughest

subjects. >> remember me, remember me, when i have passed away. remember that i lived and died as you will too one day. >> that's actually very pretty. who wrote it? >> i don't know. probably some old guy dead and gone. >> his daughter said that he kept working and moving until the very end. that he died peacefully and that they'll miss him forever. dan. >> he had an amazing career. thank you very much for that. really appreciate it. he's hilarious. >> a friend of mine worked as a tech on his sketch comedy improv shows in the bay area, we got to see up close and personal, such a great guy. >> so many funny moments. well, coming up, a husband is facing murders charges for allegedly killing his wife, but where is her body? and the director of the hit docu-series "the last dance" joins us live this morning just ahead of tonight's final episodes. >> huge show. people love that show. and honoring the class of

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if i had to pick a team that gave us the toughest time in the east, you know, indiana was probably the toughest -- outside of detroit. >> it is the final hurrah for "the last dance." the last episodes of the hit documentary air tonight on espn, and coming up we'll chat with the director about this amazing journey. guys, it has been so good. >> yeah, and i have been talking about the pacers in the '90s for a long time. >> did you know who was on the screen? reggie miller. >> yeah. i love baseball. >> from the biggest hockey fan

there is, we are looking forward to talking to the director >>ming up.aprent ty' been editit >> the we'll ask him about that. now to some of the other big stories that we're following this morning here, happening right now, america reopens. by tomorrow, 49 states will have started to get back to business, but the number of covid infections is still climbing. close to 1.5 million cases in the u.s. with nearly 89,000 deaths. also happening right now, surveillance cameras in miami-dade county. they catch the moment an out-of-control suv crashes into one family's backyard. you can see the vehicle flying over the pool. the homeowner said bad weather kept the family inside that morning, that decision -- that weather most likely saved their lives. >> crazy. we start this half-hour with the husband accused of killing his wife, allegedly concocting a coronavirus story to try to throw cops off his trail. one of the woman's friends talking to abc. erielle reshef joins us with more.

good morning to you, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, eva. gretchen anthony is still missing in the midst of pandemic. her friends and family say they have received strange messages from her cell phone saying she's come down with covid-19, but no hospital has any record of her as a patient and now her estranged husband is charged with murder. this morning, the mystery deepening in the disappearance of this florida mother. >> she was a wonderful person that didn't deserve any of this. >> reporter: 51-year-old gretchen anthony was last seen at her jupiter home in mid-march. in this affidavit, detectives stay a neighbor reported a blood-curdling scream. a woman yelling, no, no. it hurts around 6:00 a.m. the morning she vanished. the document says around that same time you can also hear gretchen screaming in surveillance video from her porch, a male subject seen carrying an unknown object. >> she didn't come to work, which was very unlike her.

she didn't call or text or anything. >> reporter: gretchen's estranged husband david anthony leaving the state, arrested in new mexico days later, extradited to florida thursday. charged with murder and kidnapping. coworkers say after gretchen went missing they received a suspicious email from her saying that she had come down with an acute case of covid-19. >> the language in the e-mail was alarming. >> reporter: police say, multiple witnesses also received text messages from gretchen's phone claiming she had been admitted to a clinic with coronavirus. but those who know her say, it just didn't add up. >> at this point, everyone's saying, well, this is really strange, you know, so they called the police. things didn't look right. >> reporter: in the affidavit, police say they found gretchen's car in a parking lot of a local hospital, but the hospital never had a record of her as a patient. the document also saying surveillance video showing a taller white male with dark hair dropped off that car.

police say blood was found in the garage of gretchen's home, and surveillance video showed a water jug with a blood-like substance on it. the report saying that same male subject looks directly into a garage camera, grabs it with a gloved hand and pulls it down. the report says a witness identified the male in the video as david. >> i just really hope that anybody, you know, has any information will come forward because i feel like there's got to be somebody who saw something. >> reporter: the couple filed for divorce earlier this year. at last check, david is being held without bail. his attorney could not be reached for comment. whit? >> certainly an alarming case. erielle reshef for us. thank you so much. we appreciate it. turning now to another check of the weather, rob marciano is in otis, massachusetts. continuing his deep investigation into the questionable past of our friend, dan harris. a tour up there in new england. >> we're doing a statewide tour of this investigation. you're right ash that, will.

-- about that, whit. now into the berkshires, where the trees are yet to really even leaf out yet so we're not quite into spring or even summer here. the water here is cold, but you can do some fishing here. want to show you this picture out of rhode island, my brother in law doing some surf casting, of course he's a safety engineer. he has mask in, he brought in a 20-inch striper. he threw it back. apparently that just wasn't big enough, but what a successful day on the water. look, a storm coming into the west, pretty active weather pattern that's shaping up to the northwest, some rain and some snow, we're looking at 5 inches to 10 inches of snow around the lake tahoe area, and this will be traversing into the plains with the potential of severe good morning to you. light showers becoming more widely scattered this afternoon. 60s and a few 70s and look for more rain this evening into the

overnight hours, and we're looking at a cool start to the work week. this weather report sponsored by target. we are looking deeply into the possibility that dan harris used to do some barefoot skiing around this area. >> that's a little athletic. >> barefoot is putting it mildly. >> he does barefoot news anchoring sometimes. >> that's true. i'm so resentful that i have to sit at the edge of this desk, because otherwise i would be wearing my adidas tracksuit. tough days. rob, thank you very much. really appreciate it. hope you don't turn up any more damaging information. coming up on "gma" -- the last of "the last dance." we're talking to the director of the hit docu-series on michael jordan and the bulls. and katy perry setting the record straight on those taylor swift collaboration stories. that's ahead in "pop news." [music begins to play: "together" by sia]

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the documentary's director jason hehir. jason, it's great to have you with us. good morning to you. let's jump right to it, i understand that you were working on the final episodes until the very last minute and that you're waiting to watch it on the big screen tv at home like everyone else. is that still the case? >> that is the case. thursday is when we turned in episode ten, and that was the final edit that we made, was a day before that. we have been working on this until the last minute, and i have only seen these episodes on this laptop that i'm talking to you on right now because nine and ten which are tonight were edited entirely during this quarantine. i will see it on the big screen at home with the rest of the country. >> you'll have that experience just like the viewers. that's great. right now, though, i want to turn to this subject, we know during the pandemic, people are stuck at home with no sports to watch in many cases, but the series has also resonated with many who are not traditional sports fans. are you surprised by its

success, and why do you think people are drawn to this story? >> i think the cast of characters that were on that that transcended sports right or who was the batman. you had scottie pippen who was kind of the robin. dennis rodman was the joker, and this wizard in phil jackson who was controlling all of these egos and meanwhile, they're playing some of the best basketball that's ever been played. i think that if you're a sports fan or not, you recognize that sports is what connects us, the simple moments of enjoyment and connection that we're lacking so sorely these days. sports will be back soon, but you speak for my team when i say we're proud that we can provide those moments of enjoyment and connection in the meantime. >> you've had in-depth conversations and interviews with michael jordan. is there a moment in the

series, or something about the man himself, that stands out in your memory? >> i think any time we humanized him, that was my main goal with this when it came to michael and his character in this doc was making him into a human being, because he's a two-dimensional figment of my imagination growing up as a kid watching him play. he was a poster on a wall or a logo on a shoe. so to make him human, to see him belly laugh and see him get emotional at the end of episode seven when he was talking about what his philosophy is about life and winning and leadership, the moment when he chokes up when he sees his mom reading a letter home that he wrote when he was 18 years old and a chap. couldn't even afford stamps to send more letters. that turned him from michael jordan to mike jordan from wilmington which is who he was before he became a global icon. those are my favorite moments. >> he's a public figure but a private man. you had incredible access all of these years later. jason, thank you so much for your time this morning.

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and the answer is -- not yet. see, some fans were speculating that they could hear taylor's voice in the background of katy perry's new song "daisies." katy perry went on hits radio breakfast and she put that idea to rest. >> no, it's not correct. the fans are definitely excited for something like that to happen in the future and i'm always up for it. >> now, katy perry is performing the song "daisies" on the "american idol" finale tonight. it's on at 8:00 p.m. eastern on abc. just so you guys know, "american idol" was renewed for a fourth season. all right, now, we'll move to my girl reese witherspoon, she posted this picture on instagram that's pretty hilarious, that shows her in a yoga pose while her dogs look confused, curious, patient. i guess it depends on your point of view. she added the caption, i call

this the #treatpose, you know, like tree pose. pretty hilarious. we k aerbu mother of three and she's been very open about the challenges of working from home and she posted this photo earlier and she said, welcome to my new working from home situation. quiet, but my assistant smells like dog food. speaking of working from home, we got to talk about martha, an anchor from our abc affiliate wftv in orlando, and she was working in her makeshift studio like all of us and then this happened -- >> sorry about that. the department of labor issued new safety tips today for taxicab and rideshare companies to help reduce the risk of exposure to coronavirus. >> all right, so that was her 6-year-old son running behind her, apparently he was scared by his older brother and, while he was running pass, martha was like a boss and she kept the party going.

now at the end of the newscast, she was joined with her son, she gave him a hug. they hugged it out so let everyone know there was no hard feelings and she reassured heaton that he was still going to get his dessert. guys, what do you think of that? >> i have kids that age at home. there's no stopping them. you can't hold them back. >> nothing like an older sibling going after the younger one. >> she's a pro, though. she's pro. so are you, kimberly. thank you so much. we'll see you next weekend, guys. thank you so much. we'll see you next weekend, guys.

i'm liz kreutz. three bay area counties are moving into phase two of reopening tomorrow, san francisco, san mateo and marin counties will all start the second phase. this is the early stage of phase two. this does not mean dine-in restaurants, shopping malls or schools can reopen but here is what will be allowed in the three counties starting tomorrow. curbside retail pickup, manufacturing, child care for those outside of the essential workforce, outdoor museums, car washes, plus some offices where telework isn't possible. for the rest of the bay area, alameda and contra costa counties will follow into phase two sometime this week. napa, sonoma and solano counties are in phase two. only santa clara countyyet to determine a date they say to keep numbers down as the bay area's most populous county. let's get a check with meteorologist lisa argen. >> soggy start to your sunday, starting in the east bay here, live doppler 7 we can see the rain from blackhawk through alamo, 680, the san ramon valley, further south in dublin,

580 it is certainly wet with rain showers and fremont, hayward, the hills here, and milpitas and into the santa clara valley, sunnyvale, some showr activity. the front moves through the north bay, and we're dry there, but looking at an area of low pressure that is yet to to brin showers this evening through the overnight hours. it is 62 in oakland. 06 in fremont. upper 50s in the north bay with some fog, and let's add up the rainfall totals later on tonight into tomorrow. this is early into tuesday, we have 0.1 to 0.2 and higher than that up in the north bay. so soggy couple of days. the accuweather seven-day forecast brightening up the second half of your tuesday. liz? >> thanks, lisa. "this week with george stephanopoulous" is next. see you in an hour for the anning 7 news at 9:00. have a good one.

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. reopening showdown. >> the american people never signed up for a perpetual shelter in place. >> the fight is not yet over. this isn't the time to give up. >> as states relax restrictions a declaration from president -- >> vaccine or no vaccine, we're back. >> at odds with top health experts. >> there's a real risk that you'll trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control. >> without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest winter in

modern history. >> our guests this morning, white house adviser peter navarro and senator bernie sanders in his first sunday show since leaving the race for president. plus -- >> obamagate. it's been going on for a long time. >>