>> indeed, will, thank you. history. that's what's making news in america this morning. right now on "americ morning," the demand for change. crowds toppling statues they say are monuments to racism and the new push to ban the confederate flag. a nascar driver now lending his support. millions watching a powerful celebration of george floyd's life. how his death is already sparking change in cities across the country and the new step on capitol hill aimed at reforming police. meltdown at the polls. new outrage and frustration after many voters in georgia's primary election are forced to wait for five hours. the new demand for an investigation into what went wrong. grim discovery. >> investigators have recovered what is believed to be human remains. >> a new arrest in connection

with the disappearance of this brother and sister from hide show missing since september. their mother already behind bars. now their stepfather is in plus, the cont d" and 's gone from a popular streaming service. highs how one astronaut made histohout ever leaving earth. and the stunning scene from the great barrier reef. the great turtle migration caught on camera. good wednesday morning, everyone. just hours after a beautiful celebration of george floyd's life, there is new hope that lasting and meaningful change will be possible. >> lawmakers from capitol hill to city halls across the country are considering ways to reform police procedures. one example is in houston where the mayor is signing an executive order to ban chokeholds. police in phoenix are also banning them. in other cities here and around the world, demonstrators are knocking down statues they

say are monuments to racism, and there are new calls to ban the confederate flag. in recent days, new cases of alleged police brutality have come to light including a case in new jersey that will be reviewed by a grand jury. >> we begin our coverage with abc's ines de la cuetara. >> reporter: this morning, a statue of christopher columbus sitting at the bottom of a lake as george floyd's death sparks a new movement, the removal of what some say are symbols of racism. a crowd in richmond, virginia, knocking the statue down dragging it from a park and throwing it into the water. nearby a stalemate over this monument to robert e. lee. the governor wants it gone but a judge has now issued an injunction against its removal. in jacksonville, florida, the mayor ordering all confederate statues removed and nascar driver bubba wallace now calling for confederate flags to be removed from racetracks. >> it should feel uncomfortable

when they come to a nascar race so it starts with confederate flags. get them out of here. there is no place for them. >> reporter: it follows an emotional final farewell for george floyd tuesday. ♪ i believe, i believe that a change is going to come ♪ >> reporter: friends, family members, politicians and celebrities packing a church in houston. >> i want justice for my brother, my big brother. >> reporter: his death in police custody in minneapolis is sparking a global outcry over police brutality and racial prejudice. just hours after the funeral, the district attorney's office announced it's dropping charges against nearly 800 protesters in houston. >> well, i think that's the spirit in this city as well as cities across this country. i mean, people are frustrated. they're angry. emotions are running high. they saw what happened to george floyd. they didn't want to see that repeated. >> reporter: on capitol hill nnl king tim scott, er mitch the chamber's only black

republican, to draft a police reform bill. >> i've asked senator tim scott to lead a group that is working on a proposal to allow us to respond to the obvious racial discrimination that we've seen on full display on our television screens over the last two weeks. >> reporter: scott saying he's confident the bill will make its way through congress and include funding for more police body cameras and better training, and as calls for police reform echo around the country, other incidents of alleged police brutality are emerging. in new jersey the attorney general's office releasing video from the may 23rd shooting of an unarmed black man, maurice gordon. video shows gordon in the back of a patrol car. when he gets out and tries to enter the driver's seat, in the struggle, the officer shoots him six times. lawyers for gordon's family criticizing new jersey's attorney general for releasing the video before the family could see it.

>> the new jersey state attorney general's office found it appropriate for the world at large to see his last moments before his family was able to. >> reporter: a grand jury will review the case to consider possible criminal charges. >> i'm grieving. i'm in pain. i mean, i want justice for my son. i want justice. this is a difficult, difficult thing. >> reporter: and when it comes to the confederate flag, another development this morning, the u.s. navy is now planning to ban the flag from all public spaces on ships and aircraft. kenneth and mona. >> all right, ines, thank you. now to the latest on president trump targeting an elderly protester badly injured after he was pushed by two officers. the protester's friends are now coming to his defense after president trump suggested he may be faking the fall. this morning, friends of an elderly protester pushed by police in buffalo are expressing outrage at president trump.

>> absolutely absurd, and i think that it's actually a detraction and a deflection for what's really happening in this moment. >> reporter: while the nation mourned george floyd and protests for police reform persist across the country, the president shared a conspiracy theory about what happened to gugino. >> he is bleeding. >> reporter: the 75-year-old protester seen on video on the ground after being shoved by two howevers. trump tweeted, he could be an antifa provocateur tweeting he scanned police communications. i watched. he fell harder than was pushed. could be a setup. gugino's friends say he's a devout catholic and peace activist. >> he went there because he was so sad about what had happened, the police had done other things in racist ways. >> to know him, he is a very gentle, very sweet, vendt

it was for us just i think a really big shock. >> reporter: lawyers for gugino called the president's tweet dark, dangerous and untrue. the claim sparked outcry from new york's governor. >> what did he think it was, staged? you think the blood coming out of his head was staged? is that what you're saying? you saw his head hit the pavement. you see blood on the pavement. maybe he fell harder than he was pushed. how reckless. how irresponsible. how mean. how crude. >> reporter: the white house is not commenting on the backlash and on capitol hill most republicans ducked questions. >> what do you make of the president's tweet this morning? does the president need to be more cautious about what he tweets? >> i didn't see it. so i'd have to -- i mean, you know, i'm sure my office will be

able to get me a copy of it, but i didn't see it. >> reporter: this morning, gugino is still in the hospital but out of the icu. >> everything he stands for is about love and justice for everyone, and i believe that if he's actually okay, that he will always do this. i think it's who he is. >> the buffalo police department originally claimed gugino tripped and fell. two officers were charged with assault after the video was posted online. republicans and democrats in georgia are blaming each other for the chaos at the polls during yesterday's primary election. voters waited up to five hours in line to cast their ballots because of broken machines and coronavirus precautions. some polling locations stayed opened late into the night. many of the worst problems were in urban areas. democrats claim the gop was trying to keep african-americans from voting, but republicans say, the polling places are run by the county government, not the state. >> once i got inside i think the most frustrating part was several of the machines were broken. it seemed like maybe half the machines were down. >> the majority of folks i heard

had applied for an absentee ballot, and it was never processed. i don't really have an answer for why that happened. it's very disappointing. >> officials say another problem was inexperienced election workers and a larger than expected turnout. georgia's secretary of state is investigating. but one voting rights group is threatening legal action. time for a look at your wednesday morning weather. yes, it is june, but it looked like a winter wonderland near colorado springs tuesday. some areas got four inches of snow, but it won't last. temperatures there will be in the 70s. parts of the midwest will see what's left of tropical storm cristobal today. strong winds, hail and isolated tornadoes are the biggest threats. checking today's high temperatures, 83 in chicago. plenty of warmth along the gulf coast. 82 in new york. and the 70s dominate in the pacific northwest.

coming up, the end of the road for a tv show that dates back to 1989. also ahead, the controversy surrounding "gone with the wind" and why it's now gone from a popular streaming service. and major developments in the case of the brother and sister from idaho missing since september. the arrest and what police have found. the department of veterans affairs has the honor of providing care to those who have served this country in uniform. today the va is on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus and we need your help. we are looking for medical professionals at every level. i hope that you will consider joining our team either temporarily or permanently. to learn more go to va.gov/joinus. either tem-hi, america.ca. or perma-it's me.rica. with quarantine hair. listen, it's kind of crazy out there right now. it's a little bit mad, isn't it? during this crisis... over 37 million people... don't have access

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♪ bad boys, what you gonna do it is the end of the road for "cops." the series has been canceled by the paramount network. some krit sakes say the show due humanized black people and distorted the justice system. the streaming service hbo max

has pulled "gone with the wind." the 1939 civil war end i believe has been criticized for its depiction of black people, screenwriter john ridley called on hbo to remove the film saying it ignores the hore remembers of slavery. we turn to the second arrest in the case of two missing children from idaho. their stepfather is now behind bars after investigators say they found human remains on his property. the discoveries only adding to the confusion surrounding the case. abc's megan tevrizian has more. >> reporter: this morning, a grim discovery in the search for two missing siblings last seen more than nine months ago. >> detectives and investigators have recovered what is believed to be human remains and have not been identified at this time. >> reporter: 17-year-old tylee and now 8-year-old j.j. have not been seen since september. their mother, lori vallow, is behind bars after authorities say she claimed j.j. was with a friend out of state and claimed tylee had died last year even though her husband, chad daybell, said in february that the children were safe. >> chad, lori, can you tell me where your kids are? where is j.j.? >> reporter: but on tuesday police arrested daybell after

searching his property. dozens of investigators including police and fbi scouring the farm with dogs and digging for hours before uncovering an unidentified body. >> oh, my gosh. >> they've got him arrested. >> they've legit got chad daybell arrested. >> reporter: daybell seen here getting handcuffed on the side of the road was arrested after allegedly trying to run from police. >> we saw a car fly past us, and there were a couple of cops behind it following him. they got him to pull over then several other cop cars arrived shortly after. >> rep ofinand destroying evidence.of tis linked to disappeaof vallow's two children, but it comes after a long line of suspicious deaths in daybell's and vallow's families including both of their former spouses and vallow's brother. police say they grew suspicious of daybell after he married vallow two weeks after his first wife died. her body was exhumed in december.

police searched his property in january, but no body was found at the time. chad daybell will be in court today and is expected to face additional charges. the idaho attorney general's office says it's also investigating him in connection to the death of his first wife. kenneth, mona. >> megan, thank you. and coming up, a powerful sight from the great barrier reef. ahead a new warning from dr. anthony fauci about covid-19. the eight states now seeing a troubling trend, and we ask one doctor if he would visit a restaurant or gym this summer. less oral steroids. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue.

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making news at 4:27, a violent night in vallejo in a shooting scene. and a mom demanding justice as police search for the hit and run driver who withdraran over daughter during a protest. and the big change coming sooner than expected in san francisco. good morning, it is wednesday, june 10th. of course we'll get to all those in a moment. but first let's check in with mike nicco for a look at our day ahead. >> good morning kumasi and welcome back. >> how are you? >> i'm doing all right. it is wednesday, it will be the hottest day of the week, so i know after today it will be more comfortab comfortable as we head into the weekend. here is a look at live doppler 7, but you can see the winds are

very light this morning. and you can see that it is pretty clear. there are clouds gathering along the coast, but that is where they will stay during the afternoon hours. anything to try to penetrate to the east whether quickly evaporate during the morning commute. so we have 72 in half moon bay, 78 in san francisco, mid and upper 80s arrange ound the 89 in san rafael. so low to moderate risk of heat illness. no advisories, just be careful if you will be outside for extended periods of time. it will be a hot one. and a hoshooting has left a least four hurt. we're learning that this video from the scene shows the corner of amelia and cynthia avenue. it happened just before 10:00 last night. three a fourth person a

apparently drove themselves to the hospital. no word if any suspects have been arrested. and the economy is one of the areas that we are focused on here at abc 7 as we work to xwi build a better bay a. and san francisco will get a boost as restaurants open for outdoor dining earlier than expected. amy hollyfield is joining us live in san francisco. >> reporter: yeah, came as a surprise, so now you will see restaurants rearranging patios like this one to try to get them ready. they have to make sure social distancing is being practiced. they will be trying to order the food and hire staff to be able to open outdoor seating on entry. tables can have a maximum of six people unless they are all members of the same household. you have to wear a mask anytime you leave the table. originally restaurant owners thought outdoor dining would start on monday, so this announcement was a surprise.

>> this is a huge lift. this is a city where we normally slug through the permit process. this is the way that everyone said sort of for the greater good, we'll try to push things through. >> reporter: it is a quick turnaround, so the restaurant association says don't be surprised if many restaurants can't get ready in time and don't open outdoor dining until monday. so you should still call ahead. restaurants in a don't hathat d patios but want to serve outside will be allowed to apply for a permit to put tables in a public access area like out on the sidewalk or in a parking lane. in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. major league soccer is expected to announce this week that it is resuming the season with a tournament at espn wide world of sports complex inn