right now on "america this morning," the push for change. crowds topple confederate monuments overnight. nascar bans the confederate flag. more cities announce police reforms, and another popular cop show is pulled off tv. this morning how the protest movement sparked by the killing of george floyd is spreading across all aspects of american society. and the powerful testimony from george floyd's brother. >> justice has to be served. >> what we're learning about the veteran cop charged in floyd's death as another fired officer is released from jail. covid concern. more states seeing cases on the rise. more hospitals pushed to the brink. the prediction about the number of deaths we could see this

summer, and vice president mike pence under fire for this photo posted online that's now been deleted. atrocery store. what you need to know to save money in the checkout line and what we've learned about meatpacking plants hit hard by the coronavirus. plus, americans on the move fleeing the big city. where they're headed. robocall shocker. the people responsible for 1 billion of those annoying calls and what's happening to them. and why the jewelry store in the local mall may soon be a thing of the past. good thursday morning, everyone. we're seeing more demands for change in the wake of george floyd's death. from sports to entertainment and even in the u.s. military, leaders are rethinking traditions that have been followed for generations. overnight, protesters in richmond, virginia, tore down a statue of jefferson davis and 80 miles away in portsmouth they pulled down a confederate monument.

>> it follows emotional testimony on capitol hill from floyd's brother. he pleaded with members of congress to stop the pain of racial injustice. >> the police chief in minneapolis is the latest to announce reforms to his department. other cities are following suit. >> we begin our coverage with the overnight developments. here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, the push for change in america appearing to move at lightning speed. nascar's bubba wallace racing last night with the hashtag black lives matter painted on his car. >> look at the 43 and the 21. that brings back a lot of memories. >> reporter: the race starting hours after nascar banned the confederate flag. >> that was a huge pivotal moment for the sport. a lot of backlash but creates doors and allows the community to come together as one. >> reporter: overnight ray ciccarelli announcing he's leaving nascar citing a disagreement with the new flag policy. >> that flag was for the confederacy, that the sole reason they want to secede from

the union is because they wanted to continue slavery. that's it. that flag was founded on the principle of hatred, bigotry and racism. >> reporter: nascar also announcing it's removing guidelines that require drivers to stand during the national anthem. and overnight u.s. soccer making the same move saying it will now allow players to kneel during the anthem. meantime, president trump is rejecting a push to rename military bases that were named after confederate generals tweeting, my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations. among those calling for a change, retired general david petraeus writing in "the atlantic" magazine about the, quote, irony of training at bases named for those who took up arms against the united states and for the right to enslave others, adding, we do not live in a couple to which braxton bragg, henry l. benning or robert e. lee can serve as an inspiration.

it comes as crowds topple mormonments across the country. protesters tearing down this statue of christopher columbus in minneapolis citing the explorer's treatment of indigenous people and knocking the head off this columbus statue in boston. the nfl's carolina panthers now removing the statue of former team owner jerry richardson and before selling the team, he was accused of using a racial slur. and this morning, another change, this one on tv. >> everyone inside. this is the police department. >> reporter: amid calls for police reform, a&e is canceling just one day after "cops" was pulled off the air. change also coming to the retailer industry. walmart now saying it will no longer place certain hair products primarily bought by african-americans inside locked cases. critics saying the practice

implied people who buy those products are more likely to be thieves. back in washington house speaker nancy pelosi is calling for the removal of all confederate statues from the u.s. capitol. she called them an homage to hate. kenneth and mona. >> a lot of new development, thank you, megan. a manhunt under way for a california sheriff's deputy. police say he fired at the police department in paso robles and may be connected to the fatal shooting of a homeless man. cameras captured video of the suspect. police believe the officers were targeted. >> just because a law enforcement officer does something wrong doesn't me every police officer is like that but that's what we're living with. >> the wounded deputy is in serious condition. more police departments are announcing reforms in the wake

of george floyd's death. last night his brother marched outside the white house after pleading with members of congress to, quote, stop the pain. it comes as we learn new details about the officers charged in floyd's death. abc's karina mitchell has more. >> reporter: this morning, one of the former minneapolis police officers charged in george floyd's death is out of jail. thomas lane posting $750,000 bail as new details emerge about derek chauvin, the former cop facing the most serious charges. prosecutors say before his arrest, chauvin was considering pleading guilty to civil rights charges and to murdering floyd but the deal fell apart. [ crowd chanting "put your fist in the sky" ] >> reporter: wednesday night floyd's brother marching down black lives matter plaza in washington alongside lawmakers and protesters. >> thank y'all so much. >> reporter: earlier giving powerful testimony on capitol hill. >> i know that he knew him. everybody knew him. the mayor knew him.

killed my brother just because he didn't like him and it has to be racist. it has to be something to do with racism. >> reporter: as calls to defund or disband police departments grow, former vice president joe biden says he's against defunding. >> this is an inflection in american history, a moment where we must make substantive changes now. >> reporter: president trump's campaign spokesman blasting biden. >> joe biden is on the defund the police train whether he knows it or not, and it has already left the democrat station. >> reporter: in response to demands for reform, the minneapolis police chief says his department is withdrawing from contract negotiations with the police union. the mayor of buffalo announcing also reforms after two officers were seen pushing a 75-year-old protester. and in new york city former attorney general loretta lynch will help investigate the nypd's response to recent protests. the police union president says

officers are unfairly being portrayed, quote, as the enemy. >> this isn't stained by someone in minneapolis. it's still got a shine on it. and so do theirs. so do theirs. stop treating us like animals and thugs, and start treating us with some respect. >> reporter: president trump heads to dallas today, and the issue of race relations is expected to come up, and he may announce executive action on police reform, although the details aren't clear yet. he's announced a campaign rally on july 19th in tulsa, a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the u.s. kenneth, mona. >> karina, thank you. the grandparents of two missing children from idaho have confirmed that their bodies were found. they say the remains of 17-year-old tylee ryan and 7-year-old j.j. vallow were found on the property of chad daybell who married their mother a few weeks before they vanished back in september. daybell is being held on a million dollars bail. the children's mother was already in jail for refusing to tell police where the children

were. daybell's brother released this statement saying, quote, some in our extended family are still struggling to accept the reality that chad could have been involved in something so terribly wrong. we are devastated by the apparent role chad has played. new fallout from the election meltdown in georgia this week where some voters waited six hours in line to cast their ballots. basketball star lebron james is now helping launch a group aimed at protecting the voting rights of black americans. problems tuesday with voting machines and absentee ballots mostly affected minority areas. georgia's secretary of state is asking for the authority to intervene in counties that need help running elections. all right. time now for a look at your thursday morning weather. storms pounded areas south and east of the great lakes. lightning took down trees. 600,000 power outages have been reported. in southern california, dry conditions fueled this brush

fire in bel air, but no evacuations were ordered. checking today's high temperatures, mostly 70s in the northeast. severe storms are possible today from d.c. to new york and boston. 80s in the southeast. rain and damaging winds are possible in eastern georgia and the carolinas. dry again on the west coast. coming up, the changes at starbucks. also ahead, prices rising at the supermarket. the items that will cost you more and one way to save money. plus, the people caught making 1 billion robocalls and

back now with back now with changes at starbucks. the company's closing up to 400 stores in the coming months.

it's expected to lose about $3 billion because of coronavirus, but it plans to expand pickup service. and dozens of jewelry stores in the mall won't be re-opening. the company that owns jared, kay and zales says dozens of additional locations will be closed by the end of the year. sales were down more than 40% of the coronavirus. now to the grocery store es. this morning, shoppers coast to coast are paying more at the supermarket. a new government report shows prices for meat, poultry, fish and eggs rose by nearly 4% last month. but when you look at the prices now compared to last year, the differences are stark. beef prices are up 16%. and egg prices, up 21% compared to this time last year. >> the coronavirus has caused major disruptions within the food supply chain. we have this unprecedented demand at the grocery stores. more people than ever have been eating at home, but as more restaurants re-open after the coroocon one report finding restaurants are paying up to 70% more for

beef and pork. back at the supermarket it's not all bad news. coffee prices are down. bread prices too, and not all stores are raising prices in the meat and poultry section. some have found ways to navigate these unusual times. >> what are you doing to keep those prices low? >> well, one of the things we're doing is we're buying direct. i think customers are going to start seeing a flood of items now come on sale. >> experts say buying in bulk from local farms or butchers can save you money, and these prices likely won't last. government figures show meatpacking facilities which have been hit hard by the coronavirus are now operating at 95% capacity. the fcc is seeking a record $225 million fine against two health insurance telemarketers. the companies are accused of making 1 billion unwanted robocalls. spamming people using fake phone numbers. they allegedly use the name of

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more lives lost by the end of the summer due to a lack of social distancing and other precautions not being taken. what are your thoughts on that number? >> i think that number of 100,000, 200,000 by september is likely possible because now people are having a lot of fatigue of social distancing and being trapped in their homes, and we can see that by memorial day weekend and how people, you know, they were out and about and some of them did not adhere to the social distancing, and by some estimates the cdc actually states that by the end of this month, we could see anywhere between 118,000 to 143,000 deaths just in the month of june. >> and speaking of rising cases, we're seeing cases increase in 20 states with deaths rising in 14. you mentioned arizona is a big concern. some doctors saying that they're alarmed by the situation there and hospitalizations in texas just peaked for a third

consecutive day. what is your take on where this is headed? >> every state is in a different phase of the pandemic, so, remember, you know, new york was hit first. washington state was hit first. so everybody is in a different state. that's why we need to look at areas individually, and we need to have contact tracing. >> we're not anywhere near the end of the pandemic. and it's really worrisome now as we go into the fall season in september/october, we may also have to deal with flu as well as covid. >> dr. ali, let's move to the race for a vaccine. we're hearing about phase three trials this summer which sounds very encouraging. tell us what phase three means in terms of a time line for a cure. >> phase three is the final part of the trial before the vaccine is licensed and mass produced for everybody to use. so it looks at safety, but it also looks to see if the vaccine actually works. some estimates say that we will have some idea of the effectiveness by december. but it's still too early to

tell. >> so when it comes to wearing a mask, consider this story from a salon in missouri where two stylists tested positive for covid-19. they potentially exposed 140 customers, but none of the customers got infected. each stylist wore a mask. dr. ali says you should plan on wearing a mask for at least another year. more americans are leaving the big city in the wake of covid-19. the number of people moving out of new york is up 300% from last year. millennials are leaving big cities for smaller, more affordable ones like nashville and columbus and working from home means more americans are mobile. one report predicts 30% of us will work from home by the end of next year. well, coming up, why kids these days may be more sneakier than ever. also ahead, something very surprising about the new "top gun" movie. r diagnosis can leave you holding your breath. ♪

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wise, the winds are fairly light right now. but they'll pick up and accelerate quite a bit as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. we have low clouds starting to fill in the bay. so the transition is beginning at least for the coast and inside the bay of cooler weather today. while we'll still have hot temperatures inland. we have low- to mid-60s. the coast into san francisco. mid-70s around the bay. low- to mid-80s from fremont, palo alto to the south bay. mid- to upper-80s in the north bay. the 90s will hold on, our last hot day in the east bay valleys. we'll show you the dramatic drop in temperature and if there is any rain in the forecast coming up. >> thank you, mike. well, developing news in oakland. today a lawsuit is expected to be filed against the city for police actions during protests. and this comes after protesters marched to the mayor's house last night demanding she de-fund the police. abc reporter julian glover is live with more on this.

>> hey, good morning. you know, community activists are demanding change to the oakland police department on a number of fronts, both demanding the mayor de-fund the police department and now as you mention, we are earn willing this new federal lawsuit that's been filed to push for reform within the department. social justice organizations in the city and individuals filing a civil rights action lawsuit against the city of oakland in response to questionable crowd control tactics used during protests may 29th and june 3rd. now, the lawsuit is seeking an end to tear gas, flashbang grenade and other tactics used against protesters. meanwhile, other protesters took this direct message last ni >> we want opd. >> seeing arm mayor who is police it and completely complacent with the violence of opd on their brown and black citizens is a disgrace.

>> the large group you see there made up of mainly young people chanted the men and women killed by police. they are asking for opd, oakland police department to de-fund and for those funds to be then used for areas like education and social services. again the march and protests remained peaceful. no reports of violence or vandalism. you can see those oakland residents making their voices loud and clear last night. reporting live, julian glover, abc 7 news. >> thank you, julian. the city of oakley voted to ban the use of tear gas. there is quite a bit of criticism over what the chief of police said tuesday during the city council meeting. jr stone has this story. >> firearms, we can shoot people. >> reporter: those words from berkeley andrew greenwood at a town meeting as tear gas was used discussed. tear gas hasn't been used this