ac aunthtrorni repeniise in nrly ha bk tohe large crowds expected. as they roll the dice in vegas, casinos taking increased safety measures to protect guests. the cdc publishing new guidelines urging people to stay vigilant. >> that doesn't mean that you walk around without a mask, that you jump into a crowd, that you stop washing your hands. >> how a possible rise in cases could reveal itself in the next few weeks. america's expanding protests.nghe one in seattle where protesters blocks.

plus, the man who tried to stop a gunman who drove his car into demonstrators speaks out about the action he took. takedown. former "saturday night live" star jay pharoah releasing this dramatic video and describing how he was detained by los angeles police. >> they tell me to get on the ground. spread my arms out. they put me in cuffs. the officer took his knee, put it on my neck. >> what the star wants the public to learn from stories like this. under fire. long-time "vogue" editor-in-chief anna wintour apologizes for a lack of diversity at the iconic fashion magazine. do her words go far enough? and what the magazine is saying this morning. new technology at airports. how they're trying to prevent the spread of covid-19 on airplanes and make flying safer. the changes you may see the next time you take to the skies. good morning. we are facing a balancing act as

states re-open. one number this morning to give you an idea of what the nation may be facing this summer as more states restart their economies, in texas, the rate has increased 42% for hospital stays since memorial day. >> utah and oregon are putting re-opening plans on hold because of increases in cases. other states such as texas and arkansas full steam ahead. this as the pandemic has now killed more than 114,000 of our countrymen and as the cdc has just come out with new recommendations for americans as many of us prepare to travel and socialize this summer. >> in yuma county, arizona where they are seeing a disturbing rise in cases, officials are now urging all residenstct follow new cdc guidelines including wearing masks in public and avoiding crowds. for all of the very latest on this let's go to abc's trevor ault who is right here in new york city with more on that. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning.

to quote the cdc's deputy director of infectious diseases, we're not out of the woods yet. about 800 americans died from covid-19 every day and the latest estimate says the american death toll from the virus could hit 140,000 people by the fourth of july. across america this morning, covid-19 cases are on the rise in 22 states and puerto rico. >> some people don't know that the coronavirus is not gone and they are treating like it's gone. >> reporter: as protesters continue to crowd together and president trump announces he's bringing back campaign rallies, the cdc has published new guidelines urging people to wear masks and saying the places with the highest risk are large in-person gatherings where attendees travel from outside the local area. >> you can open up and help the economy by getting jobs back and doing things like that but that doesn't mean that you walk around without a mask, that you jump into a crowd, that you stop washing your hands, that you stop doing the things that are important.

>> reporter: dr. antc a possibl cases could reveal itself in the next few weeks but already in several states, the spread of the virus may be accelerating. in oregon after the state logged their single highest daily case total, the governor is pausing for a week. yakima county accounts for just 3% of the population but nearly half the new cases this week and surprisingly 50% of those confirmed cases are people under 40 years old. and while texas is still pushing ahead with re-opening, now allowing r ca, the s ation ped ak on it. memorial daytolow it >> reporter: south carolina is seeing its own surge, now gaining new covid-19 cases at twice the rate of the national average. the state has seen new record high case totals three of the

last five days. the governor has said lifted restrictions will not return. in florida, while cases continue to climb, miami beaches are expected to be packed for their first weekend back open. the same is true for casinos, some of them writing entirely new safety manuals to protect guests. >> it's about slowly walking back in and making sure we create an environment that people can gradually take the steps to enjoy. >> reporter: in los angeles county, california, film and tv productions now have the green light to start back up. and here in new york city where the re-opening process just started this past week, governor andrew cuomo is celebrating a pretty remarkable turnaround for new york state. at one point new york had the highest rate of infection per capita anywhere in the country and anywhere in the world. new york now has the lowest rate of transmission in america. whit. >> certainly encouraging news there, trevor ault for us. thank you. as trevor mentioned this is the first weekend beaches in miami are open since the stay-at-home order began.

miami mayor francis suarez is joining us now live. mayor, thank you so much for speaking with us. i also just want to mention that you yourself had coronavirus and recovered so it is good to see you doing well with us this morning. thank you. >> thank you so much. it's a pleasure to be here. >> i want to jump right to the numbers here because florida reported a new daily record high of more than 1,900 new cases on friday. do you have any concern that your state, your city, are re-opening too soon? >> of course we're concerned. not only did we have a daily record of 1,900, the day before i think they had 1,700 so it's two consecutive days of the highest total new cases, you know, together. so, of course, we're concerned. we, as the city of miami, were the last to open in the entire state of florida. we lagged behind miami-dade county which lagged behind the rest of the state. having said that, there are

major concerns. the cases continue to rise. we still have not incorporated into the data memorial day or all the protests so there are major concerns, you know, if the state data is increasing and miami-dade county is also showing a gradual increase. we were downward sloping over the last 30 days when we began our opening by 13 cases per day and that downward slope had declined to a downward slope of 7 cases per day as of monday. but we continue to see data that's indicating that cases are going up, and like i said, that still doesn't incorporate memorial day weekend and that still doesn't incorporate the protests which we know have congregated thousands of people in our city, many of which are not wearing masks. >> so, mayor, you just laid out several concerns right there. are you suggesting that you now lack confidence in the plan to re-open your city, and what about the governor's plan to re-open the state? is the state moving too fast? >> you know, i think the issue

is -- with this is when it began, obviously the economy was doing well and people were willing to stay at home and were willing to pause the economy for a period of time. now that we've been several months into this pandemic i think people are extremely frustrated in terms of the fact that government has tried to do the best that they can with unemployment and the ppp loans and a variety of other programs to keep the economy going along and so you run into this sort of issue where, you know, people need to work, people need to obviously be fed. we're obviously feeding people tremendously in the city of miami but that is running into the reality that, you know, from a health care perspective, we need to be disciplined and i always said when we started opening there were two paths, the path of responsibility and the path of irresponsibility and unfortunately we're starting to see behavior that concerns me deeply. >> mayor, quickly, i just want

one quick follow-up. we're out of time. is there a scenario in which you would put a pause on re-opening? >> yeah, of course. of course there is, depending on the data. we have been data driven since the first day and we'll continue to be data driven. like you said, the data is concerning and we may have to make some decisions after this weekend and as the data comes in. >> we've talked about that delicate balance, and mayor suarez, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. eva, over to you. let's bring in our chief medical correspondent dr. jen ashton. thank you so much for being with us, dr. jen. more people are getting out now. let's look at the cdc's new guidelines on how people can get out and socialize but more safely. can you break that down for us? >> eva, it's really in the category of harm reduction so the cdc releasing guidelines really to help people assess risk largely based on four

factors -- time, place, number of people in an area and space or distance apart. they are suggesting specifics like how to safely navigate cookouts, not sharing the same utensils, even gym behaviors spots. and eva, this is despite the fact that last month the cdc said surface transmission was thought not to be a major route of transmission for covid-19. still strongly recommending masks, though. >> masks so important, and we want to talk about some positive news. there's more encouraging news about the use of convalescent plasma from people who have recovered from covid as prevention? >> this is really interesting. under the broad category of immune therapy clinical trials under way, most people have heard about it in terms of treatment. this is about prevention so it's taking antibodies from people who have recovered, giving them to people and then seeing if that helps them protect themselves against future infection.

same concept as a vaccine. the only difference is a vaccine stimulates our body to produce these immune soldiers. this time with convalescent plasma, these antibodies, they hit the ground ready to go so clinical trials under way right now. >> promising news. dr. jen ashton, thank you so much. dan? we move to the protests against police brutality and racism in america. overnight more people in the streets, this as government officials across the country are beginning to implement reforms. the question, of course, do those reforms go far enough? for the latest let's go to abc's zachary kiesch. >> reporter: protestors refusing to leavernightoccupying more neighborhoods in cities across the country, demanding social justice and police reform in the wake of george floyd's death. in nashville crowds setting up the people's land. >> what do we what? >> justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> reporter: in seattle for the fifth day protesters occupied

several city blocks.taking over the 6th precinct which was boarded up earlier this week after days of clashes between protesters and police. the movement here has been largely peaceful but not without violence. a gunman drove his car into a crowd of capitol hill demonstrators earlier this week. daniel gregory says he jumped in to help. >> one goal and one goal only, to stop that car. >> reporter: gregory was shot in the process. >> i didn't want anything bad happening to those people. >> reporter: several police departments across the country are adopting incremental changes. new york governor andrew cuomo signed a series of police reforms th week th a b on chokeholds and changes a measurth protects police discipline from public view. >> this is not just about mr. floyd's murder. it's about being here before, many, many times before. >> reporter: in boston the mayor declared racism a public health crisis and made a pledge to

transfer funds from the police department's overtime budget towards community programs. >> we're listening. and we're taking action and that's what we need to continue to do. >> reporter: in minneapolis the city council voted to completely replace the existing police department and reimagine public safety. committing to a year-long community-driven effort to rethink what policing looks like post-george floyd. the mayor there has said he wants to make reforms to the existing system. really interesting to see what we're seeing out of minneapolis. we haven't seen anywhere else around the country take those kinds of measures. of course, it's important to delineate between disband and defund. of course, disband means replace, defund means to reallocate those funds to other areas like education or social services. also worth noting here that a judge has been assigned in that case involving those four former minneapolis police officers. he's a former defense attorney who used to work with senator

amy klobuchar when she was county attorney. whit. >> all right, an important distinction there. thank you so much, zachary kiesch. we appreciate it. we move now to president trump speaking out on the issue of police chokeholds and after facing criticism he's now decided to move the date of his oklahoma rally next week. abc's rachel scott has more. >> reporter: this morning, president trump bowing to pressure and changing the date of his june 19th rally in tulsa. >> your rally in oklahoma is set for june 19th. was that on purpose? >> no, but i know exactly what you're going to say. it wasn't done for that reason, but it's an interesting date. >> reporter: the date commemorating the end of slavery and location, tulsa, is the site of what is believed to be the single worst incident of racial violence in american history. in a string of tweets overnight, the president said the decision was based out of respect for this holiday and in observance of this important occasion and all it represents.

protesters from coast to coast demand for police reform, president trump said the use of chokeholds should generally come to an end. >> i think the concept of chokeholds sounds so innocent, so perfect then you realize if it's a one-on-one, if it's two-on-one, it's a different story. with that being said, i think it would be a very good thing that generally speaking it should be ended. >> reporter: but the president stopped short of supporting a ban on the practice. the calls for change comes as the nation confronts its troubling past. and overnight the trump administration also sparking outrage on the issue of equal rights after moving to roll back transgender health protection. joe biden noting the decision's timing tweeting on the fourth anniversary of pulse, in the middle of pride month, during a global pandemic, donald trump's cruelty truly knows no bounds. more than 1.5 million americans identify as triscrimn

rule only protecting those who identify as male or female, no longer encompassing gender identity. and the department of health and human services says they are committed to enforcing civil rights in health care. now today president trump will head to west point to deliver the commencement address and it comes as some former military officials have spoken ou criticizing his handling over those protests. dan. >> yeah, the tension between the military and the administration has been very interesting to watch. rachel scott, thank you very much. as america eases out of lockdown the summer travel season is now getting started. so how many people will actually hithe skies and what will it look like at the major travel hubs? abc's gio benitez is on that story. >> reporter: this morning, with passenger numbers on the rise, more airports across the country are turning to new technology to help prevent the spread of covid-19. houston's george bush intercontinental airport launching a facial recognition program this week. instead of handing a boarding

pass or phone to an agent, a computer will scan your face and compare it to a government database before letting you board the plane. >> right now you're using this at two international gates. are you looking at more gates? >> by the end of june we're going to implement it in three additional gates for a total of five and then the plan is by october expand it to 15 gates for our international travelers. >> reporter: while air travel is still down more than 80% the numbers are ticking up. for the first time since march tsa screened more than 500,000 passengers thursday. it's just one reason why this program was fast-tracked. and now word that the department of transportation sa iwi send nearly 100 million cloth facial coverings to airports, transit agencies and amtrak for passenger use. now, other airports and airlines have been testing similar programs. so far this is only for international travel but we should tell you if you don't

feel comfortable using it we're told you can opt out and scan your boarding pass the traditional way, whit. >> gio benitez, thank you so much. let's transition and get a check of the forecast. rob marciano is out there in westchester county giving us a look at the weather for the weekend. rob, what's going on? >> good morning, whit. just down the road from your abode. a beautiful morning to start here. we are watching the fire issues in the west and they are going to continue for a couple of days and start with the fresh fire in highlands ranch, colorado just outside denver, grass fire, three acres, no harm, no foul as far as structures or people go but we have a fire in santa barbara county they got under control fairly quickly and a larger one ongoing all week in central northern arizona. the fire there, we're watching that because more heat today and low levels of humidity and more in the way of gusty winds not just for arizona but for utah, colorado, getting into the p panhandle of texas and

temperatures before the front goes through will be fairly high. fire weather watch posted as well. heat ridge will build as it is pushed along and hotte good saturday morning. another breezy day today. some gusty winds in our inland val es. otherwise temperatures will be dooler than average and warm up for the second half of your weekend. so cool 50s at the coast but upper 60s in the east bay. numbers at least 5 degrees below average. the accuweather >> we'll check back with rob in just a little bit. now to the controversy at "vogue" magazine. its iconic longtime editor in chief under fire over an alleged lack of diversity in the ranks. anna wintour apologizing for,

quote, images sedi ted and ashn,>> i ponchy. >> reporter: but this morning "vogue" editor-in-chief anna wintour is under fire after apologizing for a lack of diversity at the iconic fashion magazine. >> she is entitled and i do not think she will ever let anything get in the way of her white privilege. >> reporter: in an interview on sandyland with sandra bernhard, former "vogue" editor at large, andre leon talley, blasted her apology. >> if you're going to make a statement, name what your mistakes were. >> reporter: it comes six days after she sent an email to employees writing in part, it can't be easy to be a black employee at "vogue," and there are too few of you. i know it is not enough to say we will do better, but we will. now other former employees of color are speaking out about their own experiences at the magazine. shelby ivey christie, former digital marketer and sales

planner at "vogue" writes on twitter, the bullying plus testing from white counterparts, the completely thankless work, the terrible base pay plus the racism was exhausting. >> i think "vogue" needs to recognize and i think they will recognize they have to have to have diverse content and diverse staff. >> reporter: "vogue" tells abc news anna has done much to champion diversity and inclusion throughout her tenure as editor in chief of "vogue" from putting naomi campbell on the first september issue in 1989 to supporting so many designers of color via the "vogue" fashion fund. but many are also pointing out in "vogue's" 126 years there has been only one black photographer to shoot a cover when tyler mitchell photographed beyonce, just two years ago. now artists around the world are taking matters into their own hands with the hashtag vogue challenge creating their own mock-up covers showing what it looks like to have more diversity in front of the camera and behind it.

"conde nast," "vogue's" parent company, tells abc it has a zero tolerance policy towards discrimination and win tour says in her letter the corporation will be announcing actions as soon as possible. in the meantime, photography fans can check out that hashtag vogue challenge. some really beautiful artwork there, dan. >> diane, thank you. coming up more on former "saturday night live" cast member jay pharoah's encounter with the lapd. "good morning america" is sponsored by geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. oh, we love our new home. neighborhood's great. amazing school district. the hoa has been very involved. these shrubs aren't board approved. you need to break down your cardboard. thank you. violation. violation. i see you've met cynthia. at least geico makes bundling our home and car insurance easy. and it does help us save a bunch of money. two inches over regulation. thanks, cynthia. for bundling made easy, go to geico.com

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♪ welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. queen elizabeth receiving a royal salute from her troops at windsor castle this morning to mark her official birthday. celebrations are scaled back this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. this is only the second time in the queen's rein that the trooping of the colour parade in london was canceled. the other time was in 1955 due to a national rail strike. >> not during world war ii. interesting. >> just a rail strike. >> these traditions change all around the world. not just at home. let's take a look at the other headlines we're follow se in rico. this morning, some states like texas and arkansas continuing

with plans to re-open while utah and oregon are putting re-opening plans on hold because of increases in cases. the pandemic has now killed more than 114,000 americans. >> let's not forget that number, 114,000 of our fellow americans. also right now president trump will address the graduating class at the u.s. military academy at west point later today. the more than 1,000 students were coronavirus tested and had been in quarantine for two weeks leading up to the address. the graduates will be seated six feet apart at the outdoor ceremony. family and friends not allowed to attend but they can watch the ceremony online. and show me the money. i feel like i didn't do that justice, that "jerry mcguire" line. florida governor ron desantis signed a bill that will allow florida's college athletes to make money from endorsement deals. id now jt thirdoo w

targeting aaesictions on we new law goes into effect in other tom cruise lines. you can't handle the truth. >> that's right. i thought your attempt was pretty good. we'll give you another try maybe later. we want to start this half hour with a former "saturday night live" cast member speaking out about police brutality. jay pharoah saying he was detained with a knee to the neck by police in los angeles recently, stopped while he was out jogging. abc's zohreen shah is in los angeles with more. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. pharaoh says lapd wrongly detained and has a message for other black men urging them to know their rights. >> the black comedians meeting. >> yeah. >> oh yeah. we hold one every year at eddie murphy's house. >> reporter: overnight former "saturday night live" star jay pharoah releasing this dramatic video. >> i'm jay pharoah and i'm a black man in america. and my life matters. >> reporter: it appears to show

the comedian detained by los angeles police. one officer placing his knee on pharoah's neck. >> as i'm walking across the street four officers got their guns blazing. they tell me to get on the ground, spread my arms out. they put me in cuffs. the officer took his knee, put it on my neck. it wasn't as long as george floyd. but i know how that feels. >> reporter: lapd confirming to abc news they detained pharaoh, are aware of his instagram posts and are looking into the matter this coming amid a wave of protests and calls for police reform following the deaths of george floyd, ahmaud arbery and breonna taylor. >> they said you fit the description of a black man in this area. i told them, i said if you look, google right now jay pharoah, you will see that you made a big mistake. they come back, they say, we're sorry, we just got a call in that it's not you. >> reporter: he wants to bring

light these stories and bring an end to systemic racism. ♪ amazing grace >> we as a country can't breathe anymore. we are sick and we are tired of it. i can't breathe! >> black lives always matter. they always matter. >> reporter: one of the comments in the video getting attention said for those who needed proof being a celebrity doesn't always trump being black in america. pharoah stresses even he could have easily been an ahmaud arbery or george floyd. whit? >> zohreen shah for us in l.a., thank you very much. >> we as a country can't breathe anymore. very powerful words from jay pharoah. let's go out to rob marciano who is in westchester county for us surveying the national landscape. what are you seeing, rob? >> a lot of green grass. it's a great time of year, dan, because the grass is typically looking good and we've got cobalt blue sky, so a beautiful day expected here across the northeast but getting into a t ift'nogoodha

let's go to the southeast and that's one of the problem areas i'm talking about. flash flood watches up for northern florida and southeast georgia for a front that's stalled out there along the coastline. that happens this time of year. we'll see thunderstorms train. savannah to charleston up through wilmington and low coming through the ohio valley. tomorrow that cuts off and stalls in the upper level of the atmosphere and sits and could see downpours through wednesday good saturday morning. a mixture of clouds and sun out there. this is our east bay camera and looking at temperatures today just in the low 70s for highs there. 60s throughghghghghghghghghghghh >> this weather report is sponsored by behr paint. nice and dry today. good day to paint the fence, paint the fence, paint the fence. >> rob, i think i saw your dog in the background. is that your dog out there?

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welcome back. this morning there is a push by lebron james and other athletes to protect the voting rights of black americans. the l.a. lakers star seizing an opportunity to make a difference and abc's janai norman joins us with more. good morning to you, janai. >> hey, eva, good morning. yeah, you say lebron james, everyone knows who you're talking about. he has massive influence and he says now is the time to make a difference and he's hoping to d to help people get out and vote. [ crowd chanting ] in the wake of unrest, surrounding the death of george floyd and national calls for justice and racial equality, lebron james, basketball

superstar and activist, is setting his sights on energizing black voters. >> we are more than just athletes. we are more than just shut up and dribble. >> reporter: james is teaming up with other athletes and entertainers launcng a vot more than a vote isn't just about getting black americans to the polls but also identifying key cities and states to combat voter suppression. georgia primary elections just this week were plagued by hours-long lines and reported issues with voting machines across metro atlanta. further shining a light on the issue that's also sparked concerns for november, james telling "the new york times," yes, we want you to go out and vote but we're also going to give you the tutorial, adding, we're going to give you the background of how to vote and what they're trying to do, the other side, to stop you from voting. the three-time nba champ with more than 66 million instagram followers has used his massive platform to speak out about

social injustices before,th tm n of trayvon mi promhool iwn for at-risk students and this iconic espys moment calling out gun violence and heightened racial tension four years ago. >> let's use this moment as a call to action for all professional athletes to educate ourselves, explore these issues, speak up, use our influence. >> reporter: and lebron has gotten criticism before like many athletes you heard in the piece essentially just shut up and dribble but says he is inspired by the likes of muhammad ali, the oscar robertsons and kareem abdul-jabbars, athletes more than about just sports. eva. >> janai, thank you. >> joining us is chiney ogwumike, a two-time wnba all-star who plays for the los angeles sparks and also an

espn analyst. thanks for being with us. how much of an impact do you think athletes can make in something like the more than a vote campaign which you're also participating in? >> we aim to make a real impact, okay, so i am going to tell you a secret when it comes to sports, athletes love game plans. we love strategy. and i think what makes this initiative special is that now e innghasa eney, ve voice, we game plan, strategy to issues that matter. because i believe we're at a point in society where we need to turn activism into action. lebron james knows this. and the best way to accomplish that is getting our community out to vote. so thanks to lebron james we formed a team, a team of athletes and entertainers across the nation, a team that refuses to stay on the sidelines because we simply have too much at stake. so more than a vote is here to educate and empower our communities to vote. >> what do you think is the biggest challenge in getting out

the vote? >> the biggest challenge is that we're going to have to defy expectations to be successful as athletes. people don't expect this of us but right now it's what's necessary. i personally understood this calling during my freshman year at stanford university while studying under dr. condoleezza rice who was my ir, international relations adviser. she taught me, you know like as i was a freshman, i came to school big-eyed and nervous and thought in order to be successful i had to stay in my lane and give most of my energy to basketball but dr. rice taught me that discipline and drive that made me excel on the court can also be translated to every aspect of life and i think we're at a point in society that my generation, our generation understands that. we are capable of more. so this coalition of athletes, we take on the challenge of educating ourselves so we can

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1/al olympia in matching princess ball gowns dancing to belle from the disney classic "beauty and the beast" and serena posting the video with the caption, keeping busy. this is something all parents will understand. doing anything to keep their children amused. whit, you know something about doing anything to keep your children amused. >> a little bit. apparently, yep, there's the video right there. a little "moana" and the wig and grass skirt. i'd like to say -- there's copper the puppy there. thankfully they picked a video with my daughters wearing the wig and grass skirt. there are others that exist that not best for national television. >> i want those videos. hashtag, show me the tape. >> whatever it takes. we got to keep the kids entertained at home. >> a giant fort in your living room has come down. >> we had to dismantle that. >> dad of the year. "gma" is now two hours on

saturday. coming up, the cdc's dire predictions on the number of covid cases by the fourth of july and their new guidelines for social distancing. good morning, everyone. it's happening today after years of waiting. as of this morning you can now finally ride b.a.r.t. down to san jose. it's talk about ever since b.a.r.t. first opened in 1972. after all those years of planning, construction and delays trains are now rolling

into the new stations. the next phase of b.a.r.t. silicone valley project will bring trains into downtown san jose and santa clara. but that won't happen until 2029 at the earliest. the coronavirus pandemic has forced many cancellations and closures. to sell brought what would have been the start of the san mateo county fair you can enjoy some fair food. the long time vendor will we at the event ground this weekend and next for a drive-thru. you can enjoy corn dogs, funnel cakes, fried oreos and fried twinkies. orders will be delivered to your car so you can take it home. the drive-thru runs through noon until 8:00 tonight. let's get a check of the weather now with lisa argen. party sunny conditions out there right now and our view from the east bay, you can see just a little break in the overcast here. 65 in mountain view, san jose, and upper 50s on the coast. check it out we have the clouds out there and a little bit of sun. it is 60 in livermore, low 60s

in concord and looking at mid-50s in petaluma. as we look at the winds right no l hour. up to about 20 and 30 mile an hour gusts in our east bay valley. so it's going to get breezy and stay that way throughout the afternoon, but overall we'll see a mix of clouds and sun. here from mt. tam you can see the camera shaking so we'll have that cool and breezy day today. warming up for your sunday, today extra cloud cover in the north bay. liz? >> lisa, thank you. all right, the news

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