sandwich. >> sharing. good morning, america. coast to coast protests erupt once again. in seattle protesters are taking over a police station and the center of the city. president trump threatens overnight to intervene saying to the governor, if you don't do it, i will. this as other protesters tear down statues celebrating the confederacy all around the country. rejecting renaming. president trump not even considering changing military bases named after confederate generals and the president now planning to hold his first big campaign rally since the coronavirus shutdown on juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery. emotional testimony on capitol hill. >> justice has to be served. >> george floyd's brother saying

his killing was racially motivated. >> i'm tired. i'm tired of pain. i'm here to ask you to make it stop. >> this as one of the former officers charged with aiding and abetting in the killing of george floyd is released on bail, as we learn former officer derek chauvin, charged with murder, has been negotiating a deal with prosecutors. jaywalking while black. the shocking encounter caught on camera. two teens arrested crossing the street. this as a new abc news investigation uncovers disturbing new information about black americans and arrests, and we speak this morning to a police chief who was forced to dismantle an entire city police force. breaking overnight, covid cases surpass 2 million in the . with infections rising in at least 20 states, the new surge in hospitalizations overwhelms icus in arizona. this as the race for the vaccine takes a huge step forward. and driving force for change.

>> we're no strangers to moving fast. >> nascar banning the confederate flag from all its events. the man behind the movement and the racing giant's only full-time black driver bubba wallace joins us live. good morning, america. thank you for joining us this thursday morning, and it seems like every day we come on the air we're greeted by new signs of real change in this country. >> that's right. a big sign of the times, that huge headline from nascar banning confederate flags. it had been a staple at these races for years. they will no longer be flying, robin. >> for decades, amy. we'll talk to bubba wallace live in our next half hour about that. but we begin with protests overnight, mostly peaceful, some violent clashes erupting around the country. steve osunsami has the latest. >> reporter: the protests in american streets have taken a new turn with reports in portland overnight of

demonstrators trying to claim part of the city as their own. police free. what they're calling an autonomous zone. in seattle, demonstrators claim they are occupying a portion of the capitol hill neighborhood near downtown after taking control of a police precinct and the surrounding area earlier this week. they have had the run of the place since. free speech, free movies, free gas masks. no police in sight. president trump is now calling on state and city officials to take back control, threatening to step in to take back the city saying online that if you don't do it, i will. domestic terrorists have taken over seattle. ♪ at the same time around the countrpresrsren't waiting for cities and counties and are pulling down monuments to confederate history setting statues on fire and dragging others out of parks and public squares. the statue of jefferson davis was pulled down in richmond, and in miami protesters went after a statue of christopher columbus,

but were stopped by police. largely and mostly, the protests were peaceful. on this 16th day of demonstrations, in oakland, thousands walked peacefully towards the home of that city's mayor and in atlanta, a large crowd marched on freedom parkway downtown. in seattle, demonstrators have pitched tents and set up register to vote tables. police are now negotiating with them about re-opening that police precinct. many neighbors in the area, many who support the cause, would like that police precinct opened. george? >> watching how they work it out. thanks very much. president trump is drawing a line in the sand in the battle over renaming u.s. military bases that honor confederate generals. major military leaders are in agreement that it's time but the president is vowing to veto legislation that makes that change. mary bruce tracking that story, and mary, in a major move, house speaker nancy pelosi has called for removing all confederate

statues from the capitol. >> reporter: and, george, the speaker says those statues have to come down because she says there is no room for celebrating the violent bigotry of the confederacy, but the president seeing this differently, flatly rejecting those calls to remove the names of confederate commanders from u.s. military bases even though the secretary of defense and the secretary of the army are open to it. but in a tweet the president said, these monumental and very powerful bases have become part of a great american heritage and his press secretary says removing these names would be complete disrespect for the soldiers who trained there. but, george, while the president is passionately defending keeping the names of the confederate commanders on these bases he has yet to put forth any ideas or specific reforms to address the killing of george floyd. >> we've known that the president wants to get back to campaign rallies, but he sparked controversy by choosing tulsa, oklahoma, on juneteenth.

>> reporter: yeah, george, the president is eager to get back out on the campaign trail but the location and the date of his first rally next week in oklahoma is sparking a lot of controversy. he will be holding this rally on juneteenth, the date commemorating the end of slavery and in tulsa, oklahoma, marking the anniversary of the 1921 massacre, considered to be the worst incidence of racial violence in u.s. history and, george, overnight we should say the rnc agreed unanimously to significantly pare down the republican convention in charlotte but that main event, the president's acceptance speech will be held elsewhere after the president slammed the governor there for refusing to give him that packed arena he was demanding. >> circling in on jacksonville, mary, thanks very much. amy? well, now to that emotional testimony on capitol hill from george floyd's brother calling the killing premeditated, saying enough is enough and pleading with lawmakers to stop the pain. alex perez has been tracking all the latest from minneapolis where one of the former officers charged in floyd's death has

been released on bail. good morning, alex. >> reporter: hey, good morning, amy. that emotional testimony comes as the police chief here announces the first of what he says are many changes to come. >> justice has to be served. >> reporter: on wednesday emotional testimony from george floyd's brother on capitol hill. >> his life mattered. all our lives matter. black lives matter. >> reporter: philonise floyd telling congress his brother's death was racially motivated. >> i think it was personal because they worked at the same place. for him to do something like that, it had to be premeditated and he wanted to do it. >> and intentional. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: the younger floyd reliving the pain of his loss, pleading with lawmakers to hold officers accountable. >> i'm tired. i'm here to ask you to make it stop. by the leaders, that our country, the world needs the right thing. [ crowd chanting ]

>> reporter: later joining a group marching down black lives matter plaza in d.c. and overnight fired officer thomas lane charged with aiding and abetting in the murder of george floyd released from jail after posting bail, and this morning, stunning new information from prosecutors saying they had been negotiating a deal with the former cop accused of killing floyd, derek chauvin, to plead guilty to murder and federal civil rights charges. but just as prosecutors prepare to speak back on may 28th, the deal fell apart. >> we thought we would have another development that i could tell you about. unfortunately, we don't at this point. >> reporter: chauvin charged with third degree murder, the next day, upgraded to second degree the following week. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: with demands to defund or disband the police growing louder across the country -- >> we will never evolve in this profession if we do not address it head on. >> reporter: chief medaria arradondo revealing changes to the minneapolis pd saying the department will withdraw from

contract negotiations with the union and start using new technology to better track officer misconduct and >> mr. floyd in his last words and breaths was expecting someone wearing this uniform to help him, to save him, and that did not occur. >> reporter: and the president of the police union here has issued a statement responding to those changes announced by the police chief saying in part that city officials should resist the urge to pander to those demanding the irrational. robin? >> all right, alex, thank you. and now our abc news exclusive investigation revealing information about arrests of black people around the country. shedding light on some of the problems that are leading to the nationwide protests following george floyd's killing, showing black people are far more likely to be arrested, as much as ten times higher in some areas. pierre thomas joins us now from

washington with those details. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: robin, good morning. mr. floyd's death has sparked serious conversations about race and policing. our investigation shows what's happening in our nation. blacks are being arrested at a rate that far exceeds their white counterparts. >> why you trying to choke his neck? >> no one's choking him. >> reporter: this encounter in tulsa caught on tape of white officers stopping black teens for jaywalking on a seemingly quite suburban road. >> i was just walking down the street. >> reporter: now sparking an internal investigation into whether the tactics were too aggressive. within seconds, one of the teens wrestled to the ground, handcuffed. >> what you following me for? what you following me for? >> you broke the law. that's why. reportethe wa george floyd's death, many questions about whether the police treat black americans differently than their white counterparts. an abc news investigation in partnership with abc owned stations revealing startling statistics.

howing in is of data reported t 800 jurisdictions, black people were arrested at a rate five times higher than white people in 2018 when accounting for the racial makeup of the cities and counties those police served. in 250 localities, blacks were ten times more likely to be arrested than their white counterparts. >> when you see the higher numbers in terms of contacts between police and minority communities, that also increases the likelihood you'll have forceful interaction. >> we have to deal with the over-policing of low income african-american communities in our country. it is a pervasive problem. >> reporter: in places like minneapolis where mr. floyd died, african-americans make up just over 19% of the total population. but account for a whopping 63% of arrests. >> when we see data that shows that african-americans are

singled out, unfairly targeted, disproportionately subject to arrest and prosecution, that should sound an alarm. >> reporter: the rate of arrest matters because there's evidence of bias in our criminal justice system. a recent report by the u.s. citizens commission found that african-americans were sentenced to longer prison terms than their white counterparts for the exact same crimes. on average, 19% longer. george? >> pierre thomas, extraordinary, thanks very much. all of you at home can see his report tonight on "nightline." we are joined by jay scott thomson. he's the former police chief of camden county, new jersey. thanks for joining us. we want to talk about your experience in camden. back in 2013 you actually disbanded and transformed your police force as your city was facing a public safety crisis, a high murder rate, coupled with scores of complaints about excessive force. what did you learn from it? what did you do? >> so, 2012 was arguably the darkest hour in the city's history, particularly in terms of public safety.

we had extremely high levels of mistrust, virtually no legitimacy with the community in and of itself, and a bold political decision was made to disband the police force and try something new. so we created a new policing paradigm and knew we had the rare opportunity to build culture as opposed to the challenge of chalginging cultur. so we really created this organization on three bedrock principles and that was that our officers were going to be guardians and not warriors, we were going to engage in extraordinary levels of community empowerment, and that we would embrace de-escalation as a part of our culture and not just as a training exercise. >> define that term community empowerment. we hear that a lot, and we hear community policing a lot, and that can mean a lot of different things to many different people. >> that's a great question. when there's 18,000 police departments in the country and probably 18,000 different definitions for community policing, and community policing cannot be a unit. it can't be a group of officers that are going and doing nice

things in the neighborhood. it can't just end there. it's got to be an organizational philosophy embraced from the top on down. in camden, we did the extraordinary move of we got rid of our patrol division, and our entire police department operates as community officers. the officers' jobs are to get to the root cause issues of the problems. don't look to arrest, issue summons or use force to try to make things right. we want to work with the community. we want to be coalescers, conveners. working with them, enforcing the law with them and not just on them so that we can make their quality of life better. what we have found is we've reduced murders by nearly 80%. we went from having 175 open air drug markets to less than 20. we have excessive force complaints dropped 95% and the best thing about all this was that the revolution of the city has been more of the empowerment of the people reclaiming their

city, more so than the police militarizing it and enforcing the law. >> dig beneath the slogan defund the police. how can you replicate this in other cities, counties across the country? >> well, i think you need to be careful with the defunding. first of all, i'm not really sure which definition we're going with. i heard it go from abolishing the police, and i don't think is really an option, i heard it go from abolishing the police, and i don't think that is really an option, to repurposing money to get to issues. now, i don't think there is a progressive police chief in the country that wouldn't trade ten officers for another boys and girls club. when you look at the more challenged police departments and you start to peel the layers of the onion back, what you find

is there has been a defunding of that organization over the years in all the wrong places. there's many organizations that the only time the officers received use of force training or de-escalation training is in their initial onboarding in the academy, and go 20, 30 years and never receive another refresher course. >> thanks very much. now to the coronavirus emergency. there are now more than 2 million cases reported in the united states. but there is some new hope. three vaccine candidates set to begin large human trials this summer. matt gutman has the latest. >> reporter: this morning arizona icus nearing capacity filling up with covid patients as the expected death toll is revised upwards. >> if we continue at a rate like this, we're facing a significant chance that we're going to have to shut down the state again. >> reporter: that as covid infections continue to rise in 20 states plus puerto rico. in texas, hospitalizations up about 40% since memorial day. but now an army of volunteers taking part in the third phase of vaccine trials this summer. the u.s. selecting three companies to test their vaccine effectiveness. moderna beginning phase three trials in july, followed by the university of oxford and

astrazeneca's vaccine in august and johnson & johnson in september. dr. anthony fauci says he's hopeful. >> we could have a vaccine either by the end of this calendar year or in the first few months of 2021. >> reporter: in the meantime, doctors devising new innovations to try to save the desperately ill. recently a medical team at northwestern performed what is believed to be the first lung transplant of a covid patient in the u.s. >> this is by far the worst lungs i've ever seen. she had been on the ventilator and the ecmo for many weeks prior to the transplant. >> reporter: back to those vaccines. up to 90,000 volunteers will take part. at this point scientists believe that the vaccines are safe. what they want to know is are they effective. so we have just heard from mow decemb modera. they could roll out 500 million

to a billion doses a year. george. >> we can only hope it moves that fast. thanks very much. coming up, nascar puts the brakes on confederate flags at its races and the driver that made it happen, bubba wallace, will join us live. and then the latest in the case of those missing idaho siblings after the grim discovery on their stepfather's property. first let's go to ginger. we had 75 to 80-mile-per-hour winds from grandville, michigan, right through parts of pennsylvania including converse, indiana. look at this, marion, ohio, that looks like rotation. they'll do damage surveys to see if any of that damaging wind was actually tornados. but also today noon until 2:00 you have a line coming through of strong storms along the i-95 corridor and will sit around raleigh and that's why they have flash flood watches. your local weather in 30 seconds. first though, the stormy cities sponsored by chase.

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good morning. i'm reggie aqui from abc 7 mornings. we heevoping news in oakland. today a lawsuit expected to be filed against the city for police actions during the protests. demonstrators want police to bang grenades. they marched to the mayor's house demanding she defund the police. she told us yesterday on midday live that we can't afford to divest. we need to invest in better reformed policing. all dmv field offices closed because of the pandemic are back open today. the state closed all 169 offices in late march. it's been opening them in stages since early may. you are going to need to make an appointment before going and you

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good morning. we made it too thursday. the heat moving on. some areas greater than others. about 2 to 7 degrees more refreshing than yesterday afternoon. this morning, we're starting off in the 50s and 60s. pretty much the same area. more low clouds to contend with during the morning commute. more sharp breezes, faster than yesterday during the afternoon and evening commute. so 70s, 80s and 90s today. only 60s and 70s for friday and saturday. our windiest days and coolest, reggie. mike, thank you. coming up, a huge announcement from nascar banning confederate

flags at all events. the driver who made it happen is live on gma.

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police are calling it an ambush. disneyland announcing plan to re-open beginning july 17th pending state and local approval. it's been closed for months due to the pandemic. enhanced health and safety measures will keep guests and workers safe. we'll have more on that in our next hour. robin? all right, george. we'll continue now with that seismic shift for nascar announcing that it is banning confederate flags at its races and events. the man who made it happen, driver bubba wallace, joins us live in a moment, but first t.j. holmes has the story for us. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. you can find these flags all over nascar races on the cars, on shirts, find them on hats and over the years at ku klux klan rallies. you can find them in the hands of people opposing brown v. board of education. you can find them in the manifesto of the charleston church shooter. this has been a symbol of hate, division and racism in this country and nascar finally wants it off the track.

>> green flag on the inside sc is no longer welcome. nascar is banning the confederate flag from all of their events saying, it runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment. the display of the confederate flag will be prohibited from all nascar events and properties. this move comes after the wave of protests sparked by the death of george floyd and after bubba wallace, the circuit's only full time black driver, called on nascar to act. >> no one should feel uncomfortable when they come to a race. so it starts with confederate flags. get them out of here. there's no place for them. >> rep wlad hashtag on his number 43ar. >> that was a huge pivotal moment. a lot of backlash but creates to come together as one. that's what the real mission is here. >> bubba wallace right now -- >> reporter: support for him

from around the sports world including this from lebron james. the confederate flag has been a staple at nascar racing venues over the years with fans flying them proudly from their vehicles parked in the infield. but recent protests around the country have pushed the sport to finally make this change. there's no word on how they plan to enforce it but they will start allowing fans back into the races late they are month and, of course, robin, immediate backlash. a lot of people saying they're done with nascar after this decision, and they make the argument it's heritage, not hate. of course, robin, from a distance you don't know who is who, and that symbolism stands and nascar wants to get rid of it. >> understood. all right. t.j., thank you. good to have you back home. joining us live from concord, north carolina, is nascar driver bubba wallace and, bubba, thank you so much for getting up. you had a busy night back at work, back on the track last night. tell us your emotions and being behind the wheel last night in

martinsville. >> good morning, robin. it's definitely an early morning and not much sleep going on but a lot going on the last couple of weeks and last night was really special. i thought -- i sincerely thought that was the biggest race of my career just with everything going on in the world, and how we were standing up and making a positive message out of it, trying to create a new image for the sport of nascar, this sport has been really good to me for the last, i don't know, six, seven years, however long i have been a part of it so it's been quite the journey. we had a really good run last night at martinsville, my favorite racetrack, and had good speed early on and got behind there later in the race but rallied back to an 11th place finish so just really proud of the efforts of nascar for stepping up and wanting to, you know, be a part of change. i know it's tough, they're in a tough situation. they've been in a tough situation for a really long tim most crualime, andime is of the essence right now in the

world that we're in and the nation that we're in to create change and create unity and come together and really try to be more inclusive. >> and i hope people take the time to see the video that you posted with your fellow drivers, a lot of your fellow drivers. very, very powerful, bubba, showing their support, expressing their support for racial justice. what has been their reaction to nascar's latest ruling about the confederate flag? >> yeah, it's actually, i don't know, about 2:30 this morning, kind of catching up on everything, all social media, reading some drivers' comments about it and showing their support behind the sport and myself, so very gracious to have an elite group of drivers that are willing to stand up for what's right and be able to convey the message as well and push the envelope, so just shows

the kind of respect that we have for each other. on the track maybe not so much but off the track we come together as one. >> yeah, it's business when you're behind the wheel and on the track. >> absolutely, yes, ma'am. >> right. as it should be. you heard in t.j.'s report a lot of fans are not happy about this at all. some are claiming they will not return to nascar, they will not attend a race. what is your message to them? >> it's -- we live in a very selfish world. i am selfish myself and this is so much more than about ourselves. this is about our brothers and sisters that are suffering through a lot, and you look at the confederate flag and how, yes, it may mean heritage to most, but to a group that is in

a lot of pain right now, the african-american community is in a lot of pain. that's a symbol of hate and it brings back so many bad memories, signs of oppression from way back when and it just -- there's no good that comes with that flag. and that's the message we're trying to get across. it's not about you. it's about a group of people that we are trying to bring together and make this world a better place for. >> and as the only full-time black driver of nascar, i want to know personally for you these last couple of weeks seeing so many people of so many different races taking to the streets and protesting for racial justice, what has that been like for you personally, bubba? >> yeah, i'm just -- you know, we're in a tough time because there's a lot of destruction going on and just a lot of chaos and while i'm all for peaceful

protesting, our voices just haven't been heard and i think up until this point things are . the timeframe on that, i have no eat thk,ou kw,e there and fight for what's right. so i'm proud of the community coming together, and from all backgrounds coming together and trying to change the image of america and allow -- and make black lives matter, and that's -- that's what's special. so it takes all of us, takes all lives to come together and create change and create unity, love and compassion for everybody and understanding the problem to help understand that black lives matter too. >> compassion, love, understanding, we saw that front and center on the hood of that car of yours, number 43.

hey bubba, thank you. thank you very much for what you're doing and for getting up and joining us this morning and all the best to you going forward. you take care. >> absolutely. i appreciate it. >> stay safe. you got it. george. >> setting a great example. coming up, grocery prices spiking during the pandemic. what experts say are the best ways to save right now. and next, sad discovery in the search for those missing idaho siblings. we'll tell you what their family is saying this morning. blings. we'll tell you what their family is saying this morning. ♪

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idaho siblings. their grandparents believe the remains found on the property of stepfather chad daybell are of those missing children. marcus moore has the story. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: well, george, good morning. this is the outcome no one was wanting, the desperate search for these missing siblings has been on since september and it appears to have come to a tragic end. this morning, a potentially devastating end to the search for idaho siblings tylee ryan and j.j. vallow. family members telling abc news that two sets of human remains were found on chad daybell's property tuesday, belonging to his wife lori vallow's missing children. the family saying, we are filled with unfathomable sadness that they were stolen from us and the hope that these two died without pain and suffering. >> to assure he's not a flight risk.

>> reporter: the family's statement comes as chad daybell made his court appearance wednesday. due to covid concerns, he appeared via livestream dressed in a gray and white striped jumpsuit. daybell saying few words, only giving short responses to the judge. >> mr. daybell, do you understand the allegations on both counts that have been brought against you? >> i do. >> reporter: daybell has been charged with two counts of destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence. the judge setting his bail at $1 million after prosecutors argue the manner in which one of the bodies was concealed was, quote, particularly egregious. >> it's not simply documents, drugs, a gun. these are human remains. we are aware these are the remains of the children. >> reporter: daybell's wife lori behind bars since february awaiting trial on charges relating to tylee and j.j.'s disappearance. she has pled not guilty. j.j.'s grandparents kay and larry woodcock first sounded the alarm about the children to the authorities last fall after they hadn't seen or heard from them in two months. during that time, vallow and daybell traveled to hawaii and got married, seen here smiling

and dancing during their beachfront ceremony. police say vallow lied to them about j.j.'s whereabouts during a welfare check and the next day the couple returned to hawaii where they lived for several months refusing to comment on the children. >> what happened to j.j.? >> reporter: when vallow was arrested in february daybell insisted the kids are safe. >> is there anything that you would like to say to people at all who are, number one, concerned about the kids or concerned about you and your wife? anything at all you want to say to them? >> just grateful for any support. we just have to wait for the legal process to work through. >> reporter: now, the case continues, and positive i.d. on the remains as well as an autopsy are still pending and this morning vallow and daybell are in jail each being held on $1 million bail and daybell is expected back in court in early july. amy. >> all right, we appreciate that, marcus, thank you. coming up next here on "gma," we have our "play of the

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day "deals & steals." i hope my girls are watching. >> oh, oh, want to make sure they heard that. also last week we revealed our "gma" june book club pick. "the vanishing half." it's a page turner about twin sisters inseparable as they choose to live very different lives, one black, one white. so many of you are now reading it. number one on "the new york times" best-seller list. yes. and later this month we'll sit down with brit to talk to her all about it, amy. >> congratulations to brit. that's amazing. also ahead here, we have th. the american heart association is out with details on how your health can be helped if you have a pet during this time of social distancing and working from home. we have dr. ashton here with more on that, robin. we're going to continue with a lot of news that we have this

morning, starting with those protests across the country overnight. mostly peaceful, some violent clashes, though, erupting. steve osunsami has the latest. >> reporter: the protests in american streets have taken a new turn with reports in portland overnight of demonstrators trying to claim part of the city as their own. police free. what they're calling an autonomous zone and police had to break up the crowd to win back control. in seattle demonstrators claim they are occupying a portion of the capitol hill neighborhood near downtown after taking control of a police precinct and the surrounding area earlier this week. president trump is now calling on state and city officials to take back control, threatening to step in to take back the city saying online that if you don't do it, i will. domestic terrorists have taken over seattle. ♪ >> reporter: at the same time around the country protesters aren't waiting for cities and counties and are pulling down monuments to confederate history

setting statues on fire and dragging others out of parks and public squares. largely and mostly the protests were peaceful. on this 16th day of demonstrations, in oakland, thousands walked peacefully towards the home of that city's mayor, and in atlanta, a large crowd marched on freedom parkway downtown. police are talking with the protesters this morning negotiating trying to get that police precinct in seattle re-opened. many of the neighbors in that neighborhood who support the cause who believe in social justice and equality for all are still hoping that that police precinct is re-opened. amy. >> all right, steve osunsami, thank you for that. we turn to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. there are now more than 2 million cases reporteder threvandidat a set to begin large human trials this summer and matt gutman has the latest. >> reporter: this morning,

arizona icus nearing capacity filling up with covid patients as the expected death toll is revised upward. >> if we continue at a rate like this, we're facing a significant chance that we're going to have to shut down the state again. >> reporter: that as covid infections continue to rise in 20 states plus puerto rico. in texas, hospitalizations up about 40% since memorial day. but now an army of volunteers taking part in the third phase of vaccine trials this summer. the u.s. selecting three companies to test their vaccine effectiveness, moderna beginning phase three trials in july followed by the university of oxford and astrazeneca in august and johnson & johnson in september. dr. anthony fauci is hopeful. >> we could have a vaccine by the end of this calendar year or first few months of 2021. >> reporter: back to those vaccines, up to 90,000

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tomorrow, skip marley and h.e.r. joining us for a summer concert series. we're really looking forward to that, robin. >> we certainly are, george. right now we have our "gma" cover story. if your grocery bills are going up, you are not alone. new numbers reveal the largest ever monthly increase in some food prices due in large part to the coronavirus pandemic rocking supply chains across the country. gio benitez is at a whole foods there in new york. he has more. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin. good morning. yeah, people are buying so much food right now that retailers and suppliers are actually cutting back on promotional offers, but even with all of this, there are still some items you can find at a normal price. this morning, food prices are on the rise from coast to coast. a new government report shows meats, poultry, fish and eggs were up nearly 4% in may. beef, up by more than 10%, its largest ever monthly increase. >> the coronavirus has caused a

major disruption within the food supply chain. we have an unprecedented demand at the grocery stores. >> reporter: here you can see the pandemic's impact on prices. from march 1st through the end of may, market research firm neilson found a nearly 6% spike in food prices, and if that wasn't enough, there are now fewer coupons to get those savings. >> producers don't need to offer coupons anymore because, again, people are coming in and buying as much as they want. >> reporter: supermarket chain owner stew leonard said he's seen that data but is holding firm on prices. >> we haven't raised any prices right now so i don't understand where the price increase is coming from. >> what are you doing to keep the prices low? >> one of the things we're doing is we're buying direct. we think customers are going to see a flood of items come on sale. >> reporter: experts say the best way to save right now, buy in bulk from a local farmer or butcher. and some foods are still at a normal price.

>> canned goods and pastas are pretty normal from a price standpoint. it's the fresh stuff. the stuff that has a very quick, perishable shelf life, that's the stuff that's going up from a price standpoint. >> reporter: and stew making a prediction prices will go down in less than a month. >> if you took a shopping cart and filled it up with your normal grocery shopping, your cart will be less expensive at fourth of july than it is today. >> reporter: and we hope he's right. listen, another thing you can do right now, grab your phone and use those comparison shopping apps. two of them are getting a lot of attention right now. they're called basket and flip, so check those out, robin. >> okay, say those again. what were those two? i didn't hear that. >> reporter: basket and flip. >> basket and flip. all right. i'm taking notes. all right, gio. thanks so much. okay. time now -- did you get that, lara? time now for a little "pop news," and riva, and i was asking everybody because i

couldn't see you yet and i said, is riva with you? then i heard you going, like, reprimanding, going no, no, no, and i thought, riva must be with lara. >> yes. omnipresent now. she literally -- the lights go on and she jumps up, robin. we have created a monster. settle down. i have work to do. great to see you, robin. we begin this morning with tom cruise and a little sneak peek for you of the new "top gun." check this out. incredible. behind-the-scenes footage from the long awaited sequel and brace yourself, wow. that is not movie magic. that low-flying jet maneuver you are looking at, 100% real. the "top gun" team proudly stating, quote, no cgi here. confirming what tom cruise himself promised us, pledging not to do any of that cgi stuff in hisabve 34 years after the original, "top gun: maverick" set for release december 23rd. cannot wait to see that.

and also in the news this morning, in the past few months, of course, a lot of us, all of us really, everyone, has had to get used to working from home using zoom or other conferencing to connect. i do mean everyone. check this out. the queen has had to adjust to the new normal. there she is, buckingham palace releasing this video of her majesty working hard from home participating in a video called to celebrate carers week in the uk. take a look. >> interesting listening to all your tales and stories and i'm very impressed by what you have achieved already. i'm very glad to be able to join you today. >> we're so glad to see the queen. carers week is an annual campaign to raise awareness for those who care for family and friends. queen elizabeth was joined by her daughter princess anne on that call to chat with carers to share experiences and the

pressures they face as they carry out their vital work during the pandemic. no word on whether the palace has experienced the joys of a zoom cocktail party. and finally, everybody, a little surprising music news. guess who about to drop a new album. now we know that lady gaga is dominating the dance charts with "chromatica" but the dalai lama isngo take on the spen word category. his new record is called "inner world" made up of teachings and mantras set to music, and in true recording artist fashion, the dalai lama is releasing a single ahead of the release. this track is called "compassion." here's a little listen. ♪ the tibetan chants are set to newly composed music. it is so soothing to listen to. the tracks -- other tracks include "wisdom," one called un le rely gd listeninrit ounot july 6th. that happens to be the dalai

lama's 85th birthday and that is "pop news." i'm sending it right back to you in the studio. >> a little bit of calm. thank you, lara. now let's go to ginger. >> you know what? with this "gma" moment which by the way is sponsored by verizon, i have a challenge for all the dogs. for riva, for lucas, for everybody. you don't need a tree to chase the squirrel. look. delta who is 4 just needs the stump. this is one of my favorites. i just loved it. how i feel most like tuesdays through thursdays, just running in circles. thank you for sharing that with us, shelby. that was from minnesota. make sure you guys share your "gma" moments. just go to my facebook page, drop them right there or go to my instagram and send me a dict messa. . good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. you can see a change out there already. yep, cooler at the coast and inland thanks to the marine layer. sea breeze kicks in tonight bringing us cloudy conditions

and a chance of drizzle and a stray shower possible friday and saturday. our coolest days. today, low to mid-60s coast into san francisco. mid to upper 70s around the bay. mainly 80s inland. tonight, we'll fall back into the low and upper 50s with more cloud cover and that drizzle father's day is coming up, so today we have a special edition of "deals & steals" for dads. all of you have been doing so much for so many by supporting "deals & steals" for small businesses during the pandemic and love handle, a texas company founded by a father and son wanted to say thanks. >> with sales down over 90% for our american small business, the "gma" deals fans came through and saved the day. we can't thank you enough. >> you are more than welcome. now tory johnson back with today's specials. hey, tory. this is a fun one and we're going to make grilling a little bit easier for dad courtesy of a fayetteville, arkansas, company.

it is called grillight. they make two products that any grill master is going to want. the first is a spatula with a smart light attached to it so you can light up your grill any time, and the other is a really cool grill mat that turns any grill into a griddle. it's great to use on the grill if you are having fish or vegetables, things that might fall through the grill. this is going to event that from happening, and a great deal because they're 50% off. so $8 to $12.50, depending on what you choose. then we go on to swimlids. this is a good one for dad as well as the whole family. it is started by a woman-owned business in maine. these are just simply swim hats. they're great to be able to use any time that you are outdoors. they make one particular style that goes underwater but there is built-in sun protection into all of the hats. so whether it is a small child or mom or dad, everybody in between, they have an option for you, and the patterns are fun and colorful and the price is

great because all of the swimlids are 50% off so today they range from $8.50 to $12.50. and then you could let dad kind of kick up his feet a little bit with yellow leaf hammocks. every year we feature this company because they make some of the best hammocks. they're all made by artisans, so hand woven, very soft fabrics and they're also easy to hang. we've got chair hammocks. we've got their classic rope hammocks. all of them are just colorful and it's an instant staycation in your own yard or portable. amy's family is going camping. that might be a good father's day gift. just thinking ahead. 50% off so these prices today start at $74.50. then when he's out and about, dad will be very stylish in the sun with david & young's hats. there are a big variety baseball hats, caps, fedoras, kind of something for everyone. really fun options and good

prices from this new jersey family-owned small business. they range from $11 to $12.50 with our discounts. then brouk, another stylish option for dad from this los angeles small business. all vegan leather. they're sophisticated, sleek, modern, a big variety of bags from weekenders, duffels, toiletry bags, backpacks, so many colors. every one of the colors is a neutral so anybody would like these options. you're not going to have trouble no matter what you choose from this company because they're all pretty fabulous and a really big discount on these. the discount is up to 75% so these prices range from $15 to $70. and then last but not least we go to omaha steaks. so this one is not a small business. it's a fifth generation family-owned company that is known for its grain-fed premium american beef. they've got four father's day and summer grilling options, and

there's so many things to choose from. there's filet mignon, lobster tails, chicken breast, meatballs, sausage, kind of you name it. i could go on and on, plus potatoes and tartlets and from the a la carte pricing, are 50% off and start at $129 and from omaha steaks, free shipping and, george, i don't have a champagne glass so took it upon myself to create a little -- this is my cheers to you for father's day. you are an awesome dad, so for all the good dads. >> wow. >> these are for you. >> i wish i could grab it through the screen. thank you, tory. we have partnered with all these brands and you can get them on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. now, back to lara. hey, george, thank you so much. we'll talk about the power of pets. the american heart association reporting the health advantages of having one during quarantine. i can attest to that, in addition to making you more productive as you work from

home. dr. jen ashton is joining us now with more on this story, and jen, you and i both know the great benefits, but there are studies that prove that there are true advantages of having a pet during this difficult time. >> exactly, lara. this is all about the american heart association's healthy bond for life. they're really connecting the dots between our mental health, our physical health and therefore our heart health, and listing, reminding us the benefits that pets can provide us. you and i know this. they are really, really good at helping us reduce stress. they can increase productivity. you have been on fire since riva has been with you during quarantine so we know that they're good for our work productivity. they can lower anxiety. they can keep us physically active and they can provide a sense of togetherness, a social bond that is needed now more than ever and all of those things, lara, also reduce our risk of heart disease which as

we know is the number one killer of men and women. >> yeah, absolutely, positives all around. thank you for that information, and you have some other news now. this report coming out from the cdc on the virus possibly spreading to pets. speaking specifically about the two cats that tested positive, what can you tell us about that? >> so, the cdc has been staying on this with our colleagues in veterinary medicine and say at this time there is no evidence that pets can spread covid-19 to humans. in most cases, these pets have gotten covid-19 from us. it's the other way around, but they offer some tips. particularly for pet owners who have cats, keep those cats indoors really for now, unfortunately. don't let pets interact with other people. that can be a hard one, especially if you're walking your dog and if someone at home is sick, you really want to keep

pets away from that person just as you would others. we love our furry friends. >> all right. we sure do and we want to keep them safe. can't overstate it enough. those are really great tips and great information. jen, thank you so much. as you can see, the savage beast is calm for a moment. so we're going to move on, and thank you, jen. coming up, our pal josh gad joins us live right here on "gma" so don't go anywhere. you awake yet? yet? >> announcer: he comes from music royalty. the grandson of bob marley. now tomorrow on "gma," skip marley and h.e.r. perform in concert for you only on "good morning america's" summer concert series sponsored by caesars rewards.

>> now a check on your forecast. >> thank you, let's start by look being athe how the heat is easing today. moving on from our bay and also our coastal neighborhoods. inland, starting to hold on there. we stillav and 90s. the rest of us in the 60s and 70s. most of us in the 60s if you're stepping out. commute, main issue, low clouds near the coast and breezy conditions across our bridge this is afternoon.

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7news.com. have great start to your morning. we're returning now to "good morning america." ♪ welcome back to "gma." we have one of our favorite guests joining us right now. >> that's right. we've had him on "gma" so many types he practically works here and now he's starring in one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year, "artemis fowl." good morning to the one and only josh gad. thank you for being with us. i see you've got our mug. i thought it got lost in your truck. >> i need a "gma" drip like an i.v. drip of coffee. >> me too. let me know if you can find one. i would say this, though, we joke about this but you've been on this show quite a bit, in fact, i believe we just saw you last week. we love having you on so we decided this guy needs his own dressing room so there it is. it's waiting for you when you can finally come here in person.

we just want to know how you'll decorate it. >> i am so honored. i can't wait to be there. it's great because i've spent more time with "gma" than my children, so why not just move in. >> you spend so much here i'll have to get you on "this week" as well. get you on every abc show. >> i'm always yours. you know that. >> you've been doing such great work during quarantine. we love this series. you brought back "the goonies," "splash" and now "ghostbusters" all for such a great cause as well. tell us some of the other casts you hope to get on soon. >> oh, man, there are so many. i've been dying to do the cast of "coming to america." but apparently eddie murphy does not want to return my calls. i've also been dying to do "princess bride," "beetlejuice." there's so much i want to do but excited about the ones we have

in store. i think they'll be great including the upcoming "ghostbusters" episode. >> when you said "princess bride" i got excited. speaking of amazing casts we are excited to see you on "artemis fowl" and you are alongside dame judi dench, colin farrell and more. we have to ask, what is dame ju judi like? >> this should tell you everything you need to know. >> that's amazing. >> that's -- is it, though? is it? is it amazing or is it just -- >> she's just direct. >> guys, it's a cease and desist pillow. i mean. >> let's talk about "artemis fowl." tell me about your character. >> i don't want to, george, but i will. my character is a bit of a loner. he is very mischievous. he's the kind of guy who you're

not quite sure what side he's on and lales lie. the film is artemis fowl who is an anti-hero. 12-year-old criminal mastermind and in a book and a movie populated by a lot of very smart people, he seems to outwit them all. it's such a magical and wonderful film and my great director from "murder on the orient express" directed this as well and it's pretty incredible. >> let's give everyone a look. >> it appears to me like you got a big problem on your hands. >> has anyone ever told you, you're like david bowie if david bowie were a fairy so essentially you're david bowie? do you think the humans will ever find out he was one of us? >> you know, josh, we have a picture of you by the way of you reading one of the books in character of "artemis fowl," the author posted this.

how did you bring the character to life? >> you know, owen did such a remarkable job with the book, you know, which he described as die-hard with fairies which is one of the greatest descriptions of all time and the book did so much of the work for me. i said to ken early on, you know, this is a guy who literally consumes the earth. he digs through the earth with his mouth. and so i wanted it to have that affectation on his vocal cords so it created this guttural sound. shooting five days a week, it ended up not being so much fun for my voice. let's just say it was difficult to record olaf lines for "frozen ii" around that time. >> how has dad life been in quarantine? are you a teacher now? >> well, i would say yes, but my wife would kill me if i said yes as i did on an interview last

week which apparently she watched. my wife has been the hero through quarantine. i've been doing a lot of just talking in my office to folks like you but it's been amazing because i have had a chance to spend so much time with my girls and we've been doing a lot of really fun things. we're catching up on all the movies that i grew up with. it's been a learning experience for them and playing a lot of games and just having a lot of daddy/daughter time. >> that's awesome. you know, i actually have been watching "frozen ii" over and over again. i thought i loved "frozen i" the most then i love "frozen ii," watch it with my daughters as well. they're a lot older and i'm curious, do you have olaf? is olaf exist with you there in quarantine with your daughters? >> olaf existing with me right now, guys. there's af.s watching me waitin

for me to make one wrong move. he's very intimidating. but, yes, my daughters, any time that actually break out into olaf and do olaf for them, there's a lot of eye-rolling. they don't really -- they don't really prefer olaf. they would prefer if i were from "moana." >> that eye-roll something only just beginning, squoosh. >> we have teenage daughters. we know. more to come. more to come. >> i can't wait. >> josh gad, thank you. we hope toee you again ntuthe m can watch "artemis fowl" on disney plus starting this friday and we will josh very soon. all right, coming up, a big announcement from our friend garth brooks. he is joining us

we're back here on "gma." it is truly thankful thursday. one of our all-time favorite guests will join us right now. he has news to share. ladies and gentlemen, country music legend, garth brooks, is with us this morning. good morning, garth. it is wonderful, wonderful to see you. before we get to the news, before we get to the news. >> yes. >> oh, we want to know how are you? how are you, trisha, the girls? how are you doing right now? >> everybody is doing good. thank god, we're just kind of trying to follow the rules and just stay on the farm pretty much. but it's pretty cool when you get to be stuck with your best friend so we're just hanging out, kind of digging into our relationship and kind of working on the farm and she's doing a lot of things around the kitchen but you know her, she's got ten zoom meetings a day taking care of her business too, so it's pretty good right now. >> yes, trying out any new recipes on you?

>> yeah, i mean, she's trying, well, you can see from -- you can see from the way i look, i might be the heaviest i've ever been. shs's trying every recipe whatsoever because she's getting ready for the next season. a new book coming out. my favorite has been breakfast lasagna. just get ready for noodles with everything breakfast, it's, whoo, it's good. >> ooh. it sounds good. my mouth is watering. all right. let's get to the news. what is it that you would like to share this morning with everyone? >> well, you know what, it's really cool that people have all kind of in the time where things have changed. people seem to change with it and come up with ideas so we approached -- we have been approached to go somewhere in a big field, somewhere and people come up in cars and just, you know, the logistics never seem to work out. this one guy came to me and said, hey, look, we can put 300, 400 drive-in theaters together if you will create a concert

solely for the drive-ins, so we can have families jump in the car, come out on saturday night and it's pretty cool. they'll run it like a regular concert but this is going to be all over north america, one night only, and we are excited because this is a reason to get out of the house but at the same time you get to follow all the covid rules from every individual state and you get to have fun and stay within the guidelines of social distancing, but we're calling it social distancing partying. this should be fun. >> it's sounds like a whole lot of fun. so how much are tickets and how can people go about getting them? >> well, the great thing is, the blessing and curse, there's not a lot of tickets because a ticket is a car or a truck and whatever they can legally hold so it's 100 bucks a car or 100 bucks a truck. if you can get five or six in there, can you do the math. there's only 200, 300 tickets per drive-in anyway, so this ought to be fun.

i hope people are going to start lights, honking their horns and hopefully rolling down their windows. the cool thing is drive-ins aren't like they were when we were kids. we had the speaker you put on the window, now just tune right into your own car radio. so you can blast it and blair it as loud as you want, windows up, windows down, sing along. this is a perfect way for us to still get to play music and still follow all the rules that we're under right now. >> oh, my goodness. you're bringing back wonderful memories. i can just see the speaker outside our car. now you can have it blasting through your own system there in your car or your truck, your suv is something else. and come on, now, you've been teasing us and doling out a little song here, little song

there from your albumfun." when is the whole album going to drop? >> you know, the album is coming here soon. the thing is while everybody is under the restrictions and, you know, the quarantine kind of thing, i just didn't want to be a guy out promoting stuff for me while other people are suffering. they're sacrificing for their fellow human being and staying out of work and stuff, so when things start to kick back up and everybody can smile again and be joyous again, i think that's what i love about the drive-in series, just come laugh. forget everything for two hours. throw everybody in the truck and go. i think that's when we'll release music. do you want new music yourself from me? >> oh, always, any music from you, garth, just makes my spirits soar when i hear music from you. >> you know what, then let's do a deal then. i tell you what, i got something new i'm working on. i'll send it to you this weekend and then you decide what you want to do with it. >> ooh!

>> you'll be the first one to get it. so if you want to share it, share it. keep it for you, keep it for you. i'll send it to you time this weekend, okay? >> oh, bless your heart. you are always so good. you are so good to me and this drive-in is going -- it's going to bring a lot of joy to some folks and that's what you are about and also you and trisha, how in the studio how you have, you know, done some videos and some live, it's just really lifted a lot of spirits and we appreciate that, garth. >> thank you very much. i love you very, very much. thanks for being a beacon of light for all of us in this really dark time, man, it's always a joy to see your face and you can see past your eyes and everything and know you are nothing but love so good morning, great hearing from you. >> right back at you. right back at you. you take care and i'm going to be looking for that music this weekend. thank you. >> it will be coming. >> my love to trisha as well.

you can pack that truck, pack that car, suv, and have a good time with garth brooks. ginger. >> yeah, robin, you've got my email address. you can forward that to me too. i'd love to hear it. can't wait to see what you do with that. i have to share the pollen report sponsored by zyrtec. how about we look at evansville, indiana. this is one of the hot spots in our nation right now. that is pollen coming off that tree and overall pollen is pretty heavy from there, southern indiana down through memphis, into arkansas and mississippi. parts of the panhandle of texas and western georgia. we wanted to share flood concerns, right? so new orleans had a ton of rain and now they're going to end up getting -- they had even more so they were going through the streets in boats there. flash flood watch on for this low that will get stuck for a couple of days, if not five, good morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. cloud cover is going to dim the sunshine and take away some of the heat today. also the morning marine layer

clouds and notice a coming up, we've got the cast of the hit show "the bold type" joining us live. stay with us. "gma's" pollen report "gma's" pollen report sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. zyrtec, muddle no more.

♪ one kiss is all it takes back now with ♪ one kiss is all it takes back now with the stars of "the bold type," the hit show that faults three friends working at a popular women's magazine and the trio, this is great to hear, even closer in real life, katie stevens, meghann fahy and aisha dee. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> i want to talk about the protests sweeping the country. the three of you have been vocal

and active. what have the conversations been like among the three of you? >> well, i mean i think it's been a really emotional and kind of intense week for everyone but i know i can say for sure that i'm super grateful for these two because my worst moments they were there for me, you know, over facetime or zoom or whatever we needed to do, and i think that that's really been for me the most beautiful thing about this is that there is some darkness but there is also a lot of kindness and light too and i hope that the show even though we had to talk about a tv show right now i hope that's also part of some of the light that gets put back into the world right now. >> i love that. i'm sure this isn't how any of you expected to be promoting the last episodes of season four. how has it been communicating with one another because we've mentioned you all are so close. >> yeah, i mean, it's definitely been weird to go from seeing each other every single day and spending every waking moment with each other, and then

production getting shut down, and then we go into different kind of isolation, but we've talked with each other, like, a few times a week, if not, every day drinking wine together and all of that. >> yeah, who knew zoom cocktail hour could be so fun. let's talk about the show. the season picks up three months g teja as she sutton e recovers from her mastectomy. let's look. >> you okay? >> yeah, i just -- i just haven't really been feeling like myself, you know. >> you've been through a lot. it's going to take some time. >> why don't you push your interviews a couple days. >> the vertical launch is at the end of the week so without any writers -- >> you'll get those writers. >> yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> have a drink for me. >> love you. >> now, the series addresses so many important topics. i'm curious as the show goes

forward, is there any other topic or specific topics you'd like to see written into the show? >> well, in this part of the season we do get to see kat be a little bit of an activist and it would be cool if we saw more of that. i also personally would really like for the girls to get their period. we haven't explored that. i think that's ver talkboutta know, the big like taboo around it. i think we could talk about it and we lost meghann. >> hopefully she'll join us again. i know how much fun you have been having doing this film and katie and aisha. you got to show off singing skills. what was that like this season? >> that was very fun. so we actually got the script, and i think we can reveal this, but we're singing to cheer meghann's character up with "the

golden girls" theme song. i knew the song but i didn't know it by heart so aisha came to me and said this is how we have to sing it and it was another version of the song. people have that to look forward to. >> i'm so excited to hear about that. katie and aisha and meghann. there she is. bye, girls. we appreciate your time today. season four of "the bold type" returns at 10:00, 9:00 central on freeform and we will be right back. ♪

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>> announcer: he comes from music royalty, the grandson of bob marley tomorrow on "gma." skip marley and h.e.r. perform in concert for you tomorrow on "good morning america's" summer concert series sponsored by caesars rewards. thanks for j ng us. hope the rest of thursday is great. >> tickets for garth's concert go on sale june 19th. have a great day, everyone.

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good morning. happening today, one of the largest malls in the east bay forced to close by the pandemic will be backing back customers. the sun valley shopping center reopens at 11:00 this morning. shoppers will notice fewer places to sit. there will be no trays and fewer chairs in the food court and signs encouraging social distancing. the mall will be cleaned and disinfected throughout the day. now here is mike with our forecast. thank you. hi, everybody. let's take a step outside from the camera and show you the clouds are starting to break up a little bit. we're going for a mix of sun and clouds today. temperature still hot inland during the afternoon hours. mid 80s in the rest of the inland neighborhoods. te t downward

spiral. cooler, breezy tomorrow. >> all right. thank you. now it's time for "live with kelly and ryan." >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, award-winning actor, steve buscemi. tips on how to ace your virtual job interview. plus, our "good news story of the day." all next on "live!" ♪ and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! ♪ >> kelly: hey there. good morning, everybody. it's june 11th. thursday 2020. thursday, june 11. june is flying by, ryan. >> ryan: flying by. as we are coming on the air, my stomach is growling. what time is it? el: meingo ask you, what is your intermittent fasting schedule like now? are you doing