good morning, america. resurgence at the rally. all eyes on oklahoma as covid-19 collides with the presidential campaign. 100,000 people expected to descend on tulsa, the state bracing for president trump's rally as it hits a record number of new coronavirus cases. 1 of 20 states seeing cases climb. florida with a new single day record and california mandating masks statewide. abc news exclusive. bolton book battle. the former national security adviser responding to president trump's attacks. >> the president isn't worried about foreign governments reading this book. he's worried about the american people reading this book. >> both sides get set to face a judge. this as the president tweets a doctored video red-flagged by

twitter as manipulated media. the outrage at this hour. behind bars. the former atlanta police officer who killed rayshard brooks set to face a judge. the other officer on the scene speaking out and we hear from one of the witnesses who was in that wendy's parking lot. his car was hit by one of the bullets. wildfires raging in the west. that monster bushfire in arizona spreading over 115,000 acres. more evacuations under way. ginger is tracking the latest. firework boom? reports of illegal fireworks soaring around the nation. thousands of complaints pouring into police departments. what is setting off the spike? celebrating juneteenth this friday. the holiday marking the celebration of freedom for so many, the momentum of the black lives matter movement now leading big companies and over 20 nfl teams to honor juneteenth today and the superstar stepping up calling for it to be made a

national holiday. and all the feels for father's day. superstar will smith opening up about becoming a dad at 24. >> i'm going to have to walk this one off. >> the emotional conversation with his wife jada and his life-changing moment only on "gma" this morning. good morning, america. happy friday and this morning, we are celebrating juneteenth. you are looking live at ashton villa in galveston, texas. that was the last place where enslaved african-americans were finally emancipated 155 years ago today. >> and so many americans encouraged because the day getting more national attention than ever before and a group of senators now proposing legislation to make this an official national holiday. >> we will have a lot more on juneteenth coming up later on this morning. but first we begin with the latest on the coronavirus emergency.

the cdc now predicting deaths could hit as many as 145,000 by july 11th while nine states likely will have more deaths in the next four weeks than the previous four. >> 20 states right now are seeing an increase in cases including oklahoma which reported a record daily high for new cases, and that is where president trump will be tomorrow night holding that rally which was originally scheduled for today, juneteenth. marcus moore is in tulsa with the latest on all of that. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: well, amy, good morning. this is what it looks like right now here in downtown tulsa where can you see a number of trump supporters. some of them have been camping out here for days ahead of saturday's planned rally that's expected to draw tens of thousands of people to the bok center. this morning, all eyes on oklahoma where crowds have been lining up for days to see president trump hold his first campaign rally since the pandemic began. >> it's a crowd like i guess nobody's seen before. we have tremendous, tremendous

requests for tickets like i think probably has never happened politically before. >> reporter: 100,000 people expected to descend on tulsa as covid cases and hospitalizations climb in the state. but the president is unfazed by the fact wrongly claiming -- >> the numbers are very minuscule compared to what it was. it's dying out. oklahoma has had a very low rate relatively speaking. there is a little spike. >> reporter: while the trump campaign plans to do temperature checks, provide hand sanitizer and masks, but not require them, the bank of oklahoma center is now asking for a written plan to practice social distancing, something the trump campaign has not addressed. oklahoma is 1 of 20 states seeing an increase along with california where governor gavin newsom is requiring residents statewide to wear masks. >> hospitalization numbers are just starting to creep back up. i'm very concerned with what we're seeing. >> reporter: florida reporting a new daily record.

more than 3,200 new cases thursday. the state's highest single day total since the pandemic began. now, new york's governor, andrew cuomo announcing they'll consider a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers from the sunshine state just like florida did for new yorkers when the outbreak started. >> now we're afraid they're bringing the virus to our state. >> reporter: in montgomery, alabama where cases are climbing, the icu filling with new patients. >> we're never going to have to worry about a second wave because we haven't gotten out of the first wave. >> reporter: in texas over 100,000 cases across the state but those battling the virus sharing a new warning, michelle hart from colorado tested positive in april and spent a week in the hospital. now despite having two negative tests since, she tested positive again this week. she says her blood test showed no antibodies. >> i think the scary thing about it other than the physical symptoms, of course, is just not having any answers. >> reporter: i've talked to a number of trump supporters here this week. one man told me he does not intend to wear a mask during the rally, but another woman said she would out of respect for

others. but the one thing we've heard from everyone is that they are not at all concerned about the spread of covid-19 during this weekend's rally. amy? >> all right, marcus, thank you so much for that. we're joined by dr. jennifer ashton for the very latest. and dr. jen, let's start with the woman from marcus' story who tested positive in april. then she had two negative tests and then tested positive again and is sick again. is there a medical explanation for this? >> well, there is some data on it, amy. it comes out of south korea released by the cdc. they looked at 285 patients who had the same thing, positive, negative then positive again, in some cases up to 82 days out, and found not a single one of them had what we call live virus. so the evidence right now points to the fact this is called viral debris, parts of the virus that the person is not reinfected and not infectious or contagious. >> and we just reported on president trump's rally that's being held in tulsa.

it will be held indoors. some 20,000 people expected to pack that arena. what kinds of precautions need to be in place to ensure safety? we heard marcus say the people he talked to said they weren't concerned about getting covid-19. >> well, the cdc released some recommendations on how to assess risk. there's no such thing as zero risk, but they consider gatherings where there are a lot of people that can't be more than six feet apart, especially when they're coming in from outside the local area, to be the highest risk for spread of covid-19. >> all right. so there should be some concern and precautions being taken place. thank you so much, dr. jen ashton. michael? >> thank you, amy. now to more of our abc news exclusive with john bolton. the former national security adviser responding to those attacks by president trump over his explosive new book. bolton called the president unfit for office and he is sounding the alarm about a second trump term. chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz, has more in washington. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning,

michael. president trump is trying to block the release of this book and his lawyers will be battling it out with john bolton's attorneys at a telehearing later today. but in the meantime, trump himself is taking aim directly at bolton. the name-calling from president trump school yard quality. labeling his former hand-picked national security adviser a wacko and calling his new book a compilation of lies and made-up stories, but bolton in comments to abc just brushing it off. >> i think it's unbecoming of the office of president. i think it degrades the political civil discourse in our country and i'm just not going to respond. >> reporter: bolton says he is not surprised that the president is taking legal action, but he does not believe the book contains classified material as the president has claimed. >> when i wrote the book to begin with, i was very conscious to avoid putting in anything

that i thought could be deemed classifiable. the president isn't worried about foreign governments reading this book. he's worried about the american people reading this book. >> reporter: the book out june 23rd is jaw dropping and so are the conclusions that bolton came to telling us about that in our exclusive interview. you describe the president as erratic, foolish, behaved irrationally, bizarrely. you can't leave him alone for a minute. he saw conspiracies behind rocks and was stunningly uninformed. he couldn't tell the difference between his personal interests and the country's interests. >> i don't think he's fit for office. i don't think he has the competence to carry out the job. there really isn't any guiding principle that i was able to discern other than what's good for donald trump's re-election. >> reporter: it is the election that bolton is now worried about as well fearing a second trump term will remove the political guardrails, saying, a

second-term trump will be far less constrained by politics than he was in the first term. with hundreds of thousands of copies of the book already shipped to warehouses and the publication date just days away, it will be very difficult to stop the book's release, but the president is not giving up yet. michael? >> martha, overnight secretary of state mike pompeo, he piled on. he had a fierce response about this. >> reporter: he sure did. mike pompeo does come up numerous times in the book including bolton saying the secretary of state had considered resigning several times. but pompeo now releasing a statement saying bolton is spreading a number of lies, fully spun half truths and outright falsehoods. in our interview bolton does say they had their disagreements at times. >> i'm sure they did. thank you so much. martha's full exclusive interview with john bolton is airing in a one-hour special this sunday night, 9:00 p.m.

eastern right here on abc. and john bolton will be here on "gma" for his first live interview after the special on monday morning. bolton's book, "the room where it happened," comes out june 23rd. whit? michael, now to more on president trump blasting the supreme court after that major ruling blocking him from ending daca, the program that protects the dreamers, undocumented immigrants that came to the u.s. as children. the conservative chief justice john roberts siding with the liberal wing of the court against the president. senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has more from washington. cecilia, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit, good morning. these are young people who have been in this country most of their lives. they are frontline health care workers. they are members of the military. you name it and while they are celebrating this ruling as a win, many say they are not safe from deportation until washington passes a permanent solution. as dreamers breathe a temporary sigh of relief -- [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: -- this morning washington is no closer to reaching a deal that could offer them permanent protection. president trump who had said he had great heart for those young

undocumented immigrants brought to the country illegally as children is now asking on twitter -- do you get the impression that the supreme court doesn't like me? the court delivering a stunning blow, rejecting the trump administration's attempt to end the program known as daca that protected dreamers from deportation. in the 5-4 ruling conservative chief justice john roberts joined the four liberal justice writing president trump's trump decision to end daca was arbitrary and capricio capricious. tears of joy from some democrats -- >> these kids, their family, fa feel for them. >> reporter: while many deemed it political.

>> judging is not a game. >> reporter: the overwhelming of these people who speak english and have jobs including 20,000 frontline workers, their reaction, cautious optimism. karen reyes works as a teacher for the hearing impaired. >> i'm not going to stop until we have a pathway towards citizenship. >> reporter: this is already shaping up to be a critical issue come november. joe biden says he will send a bill to congress to provide permanent protections to dreamers on day one if he is elected. president trump says he wants a legal solution, not a political one, and he's going to start this entire process all over again, whit. >> something both sides will campaign on. cecelia, i want to ask you about the different topic. overnight a controversial tweet from president trump. twitter labeled it manipulated media. >> reporter: yeah a big controversy. it's sure to reignite tensions between the president and the social media giant. the president tweeting a video altered to make it look like a cnn news clip where a white baby chases a black baby down the

street. the banner reading, terrified toddler runs from racist baby and racist baby probably a trump voter. now, his point -- the president's point was to use this video to accuse the media of being fake and spreading misinformation because the real clip -- you're see it there. that went viral that shows the children hugging before they started running down the street. twitter added that manipulated media label saying it was designed to mislead people after it had already been viewed millions of times. so far, whit, no comment from the white house. >> the original clip was a heart warming and beautiful moment. cecelia, thank you so much. amy? turning to wildfires raging in the west, three dozen burning in nine states including that monster inferno in arizona still spreading as the massive bighorn fire threatens even more homes now. ginger tracking all the latest for us this morning. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: good morning to u you, amy. there are two fires, one near phoenix, one near tucson, both big but the bush fire is where

we'll start. this is north and east of phoenix, and we've got at least 2,000 people evacuated from their homes. it is the seventh largest in arizona's recorded history. we are going to see nearly 115,000 acres now with 5% containment still grow into the weekend. then you've got the bighorn fire near tucson and that one is 31,000 acres, 40% contained. there were new evacuations overnight. now from the tonto basin we'll see slackening in the wind. the wind has been a big concern in why these fires have spread so quickly. we'll build in the ridge but that will make it hotter by 10 degrees in some places. that will be tough to fight and hopefully firefighters won't have too much heat-related illness, michael. >> thank you so much, ginger. now to the latest on the deadly shooting of rayshard brooks. both police officers involved in that shooting death in atlanta turning themselves in to face charg charges. a witness opens up about what he says he saw in that wendy's parking lot. victor oquendo is in atlanta with more. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, michael. in just a matter of hours we

expect to see former atlanta police officer garrett rolfe in court for his first appearance. he's being held without bond, and prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty. we're also hearing from the other officer involved. he is saying he will cooperate with the investigation. this morning, the former atlanta police officer who killed rayshard brooks is behind bars, awaiting his first appearance. 27-year-old garrett rolfe turning himself in on thursday. he's fighting 11 charges, including murder. officer devin brosnan, accused of aggravated assault, turning himself in as well, later released on $50,000 bond. then he appeared on cable tv describing the 40-minute interaction they had with brooks. >> i felt he was friendly. he was respectful. you know, i was respectful to him. you know, i felt like it -- he seemed like he needed my help and was there to see what i could do to make sure he was safe. >> reporter: the officers responded to a call for a man

asleep in the drive-through of this wendy's blocking other cars. >> hey, sir. >> reporter: they determined brooks was drunk and when they tried to put him in handcuffs he refused and it got physical. he's seen wrestling one of their stun guns and when he reaches back and points it toward garrett rolfe, rolfe fires three times. the bullets whiz through the parking lot striking the car michael perkins was in. >> i just heard all the tussling and stop resisting. stop fighting. i said they're going to kill this man. >> reporter: the videos igniting the streets of atlanta. [ crowd chanting ] officer brosnan's lawyer telling abc they're surprised he was charged, but he will cooperate. >> he's going to do what i hope any police officer would do which is be honest and tell the truth when somebody asks him what happened. he is not going to be -- there's certainly no agreement in place at this point in time for him to be a quote/unquote state's witness. >> reporter: and overnight the interim police chief said they've seen an increase in officers taking off since the charges were announced, but atlanta's mayor insists public

safety has not been impacted. michael? >> we sure hope not. victor, thank you so much. we are following a lot of other headlines including the new fallout over that passenger kicked off an american airlines flight for not wearing a mask. then what's behind the explosion in fireworks being heard all across the country? but first let's go back to ginger. >> reporter: and those strong storms blowing through lakeville, minnesota south of the twin cities and today it will squeeze out on that front. a lot of rain in the middle there. severe storms in texas and some heavy rain down into florida. your local weather in 30 seconds, first, though, we have the weekend forecast sponsored by caesars rewards.

good morning, i'm meteorologist mike nicco. it is back, check out the marine layer. so that means not as hot today. but it will let up a little bit next week and hot temperatures will return. look at the mid to upper 60s, very comfortable along the coast into san francisco. 70s around the bay, 80s inland until you get to the east bay where we have low to mid-90s. more widespread tomorrow morning and more 50s when you w w w w ww well, you guys, stay right w there. we have a lot more coming up on this juneteenth. a live shot in galveston, texas, right there. we'll be right back with more "gma." alerts... ...remind us... ...and forewarn us. but if you have type 2 diabetes... ...and risks for heart disease,...

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bracing for president trump's rally tomorrow. 1 of 20 states seeing cases climb across the country. also right now, former national security adviser john bolton responding to president trump's attacks claiming the president is worried about the american people reading this book as both sides get set to face a judge in a battle over its release. and an update for baseball fans waiting patiently for if the season will ever kick off. the mlb players association proposed a 70-game season which was rejected by commissioner rob manfred. manfred saying, quote, this needs to be over and until i speak with the owners, i can't give you a firm deadline. fans still holding on, though, and another accomplishment in the incredible life of nobel laureate malala yousafzai taking to instagram to celebrate completing her degree in philosophy, politics and economics at oxford. malala won the nobel peace prize in 2014 at the age of 17,

if youngest winner of the prestigious award, writing i don't know what's ahead. for now it will be netflix, reading and sleep. >> she deserves it. >> well earned, indeed. congratulations to her. we begin now with that new fallout over the airline passenger who was kicked off a plane for not wearing a mask. well, american airlines is now banning him from its flights for the duration of the coronavirus emergency. gio benitez is at laguardia airport with more on this. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, amy, good morning to you. this is the first reported ban since major u.s. airlines said passengers must wear a face covering or else. this morning, american airlines stepping up enforcement of its mandatory mask requirements banning a passenger who was kicked off a flight after he refused to wear a face covering. >> this is insane. absolutely insane. so we don't even have a choice anymore. >> reporter: political activist brandon straka taken off the plane wednesday after boarding his ight from new york's

laguardia airport to dallas. >> i'm just being told this is the law. it's not the law. >> this is what american follows. if you do not wear a mask, we're going to ask you to come off the aircraft. >> reporter: now american airlines says straka won't be allowed on any of their flights for the duration of the coronavirus emergency telling abc news, mr. straka will not be permitted to fly american as he failed to comply with our stated policy and crew member instructions. we are committed to protecting the safety and well-being of our customers and team members. mr. straka will be permitted to fly with us once face coverings are no longer required for customers. and american says that his statements were inconsistent. that at one point he said he did not have a medical condition and that at another he said he did. by the way, we should tell you united and delta both say that they also are requiring these face masks or passengers may be banned. whit? >> a lot of big changes. gio, thank you so much. now to the fourth of july coming early but not everyone is happy about it. fireworks being heard nightly in cities all across the country.

rattling windows and nerves. eva pilgrim joins us now with why this is all happening. eva, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. new yorkers are used to seeing fireworks here but now they're seeing and hearing them a lot in their neighborhoods. it's a trend we're seeing all across the country which has some wondering why now? night after night in backyards and on street corners, that sound cutting through the darkness. >> i actually posted -- you can hear them. they just go off about this time throughout the rest of the night. >> reporter: well, fireworks have long been part of the lead-up to the fourth of july this night it's lighting up more and earlier. just like at the complaints. in boston the first two weeks of june police recording more than 4,000 complaints. during that same time last year, only 65. in new york city, more than an 8,000% increase for the first

two weeks of june compared to last year. police in long beach, california, reporting they confiscated about 200 pounds of illegal fireworks in just one day. is there a fireworks boom? the american pyrotechnics association says this will be a record-breaking year for consumer fireworks sales, not only because the fourth of july falls on a weekend but also because of the pandemic. >> everybody has been, you know, locked down or shut in for, you know, 3, 3 1/2 months and people are itching to do something. >> reporter: the nation's largest fireworks retailer, phantom fireworks, with locations in states where the sale is legal telling abc news they've seen a 15% increase in sales across the country. employees at their south bend, indiana store saying the fireworks are flying off the shelves. >> here with all the shelves and festivals canceled we've seen a great increase in sales.

>> reporter: if you decide to bring the celebration to your home the consumer products safety commission recommends children never play with or ignite fireworks and say you should keep a bucket of water or hose handy in case something goes wrong. >> make sure you light these fireworks one at a time and never put your body over the fireworks to light them. as soon as you light it move back quickly. >> reporter: and many of us played with sparklers as children. but safety experts warn that sparklers and kids is actually a bad idea saying that in reality it's a serious firework that burns at a temperature of about 2,000 degrees. it's basically a blowtorch, something you definitely don't want to hand your children, guys. >> you got to be careful. jason pierre-paul lost most of his hand with that. how teens are using social media to share their experience with racism in high school and how they're pushing for change.

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african-americans learned of their emancipation well after the civil war. the day finally being recognized by a growing number of states and companies as a holiday and t.j. holmes has more. good morning, t.j. >> reporter: good morning to you. look, the protesters want an end to police brutality and want an end to systemic racism but in the meantime, aunt jemima is being retired and band-aids are now coming in black and brown shades. no, it's not the big stuff but what we're witnessing is somewhat of a cultural shift in corporate wokeness, if you will, and that includes now recognizing for the first time juneteenth, a new holiday -- and by new i mean it's been around for 150 years. okay, maybe it's not the most well known american holiday, but with the current moment surrounding the black lives matter movement more people are recognizing juneteenth. >> what is juneteenth? juneteenth is the day that african-americans commemorate and celebrate the promise of freedom and the arrival of freedom in the westernmost

confederate state, texas. >> reporter: so what exactly are we commemorating? union officer general gordon granger read the emancipation proclamation on june 19th, 1865 informing slaves were free but it came 2 1/2 years late. >> while we look at the fourth of july which is an important date in our american history, this date is equally important. >> reporter: the ongoing protests sweeping the nation have prompted a cultural shift in consciousness. >> this is a very powerful moment for people to place themselves in this telling of this moment. it's not just this is an event that's happening to black people and i'm supporting them. it's impacting everybody. >> reporter: in an effort to show support for the black community, a new corporate trend has emerged. several companies big and small have announced they will make juneteenth a paid holiday for employees. twitter and square both headed by jack dorsey became the first major companies to make the announcement.

corporate giants like mastercard, target, nike, lyft and uber quickly followed. nfl offices and over 20 teams will now observe juneteenth for the first time. google calendar has now added juneteenth as a holiday in the u.s. and fx announced they will air a special collection of black films and shows like "black-ish" and "atlanta," donald glover's show. >> oh happy juneteenth. >> reporter: at the state level new york and virginia have both made moves this week to make it a paid day off for state employee. >> i want to help moment. >> reporter: but kamaria morse doesn't think that's enough. >> it's wonderful and a great win but just the first step. >> reporter: she and a group of her co-workers went to their employer asking them to do more. >> i thought it was essential that it was acknowledged in perpetuity. they listened and made the

decision pretty quickly. >> reporter: morris shared her story on twitter. it's since gone viral. >> it just shows me that so many people this time around are really on our side and everyone is kind of sick of where we are at this moment and really ready to band together to make change. >> reporter: there are protests and events planned for juneteenth to commemorate and we do have a group of senators introduced a bill to make it a national holiday and, stra, why did it take so long for word to reach texas where there's all kinds of speculation historically but texas was isolated, some rural areas didn't get the news. maybe the messenger was possibly killed on the way but the symbolism is there oftentimes for african-americans in this country, justice and, yes, freedom can often be delayed and in this case it was 2 1/2 years. >> i love kamari's message, not just this year but in perpetuity. i'm sure you agree with that. >> i agree with most of everything you say, stra. >> most? that's it? give me more than that. all of it, man. give me all of it. t.j., thank you so much, man.

always great talking to you. abc news is presenting a primetime special commemorating the holiday entitled "juneteenth: a celebration of overcoming" right here on abc tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have more on juneteenth, its food, culture and symbolism in our next hour. carla hall will join us for the food part. >> a great conversation. also coming up, superstar will smith on what it was like becoming a father for the first time and what it takes to be a great parent and up next, our "play of the day."

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this morning, all eyes on oklahoma where crowds have been lining up for days to see president trump hold his first campaign rally since the pandemic began. >> we have a tremendous, tremendous request for tickets like i think probably has never happened politically before. >> reporter: 100,000 people expected to descend on tulsa as covid cases and hospitalizations climb in the state, but the president is unfazed by the fact, wrongly claiming -- >> the numbers are very minuscule compared to what it was. it's dying out. oklahoma has had a very low rate relatively speaking. it's just a little spike. >> reporter: while the trump campaign plans to do temperature checks, provide hand sanitizer and masks but not require them, the bank of oklahoma center is now asking for a written plan to practice social distancing, something the trump campaign has not addressed. oklahoma is 1 of 20 states seeing an increase along with california where governor gavin newsom is now requiring residents statewide to wear masks.

>> hospitalization numbers are just starting to creep back up and i'm very concerned by what we're seeing. >> reporter: florida reporting a new daily record. more than 3,200 new cases thursday. the state's highest single day total since the pandemic began. now new york's governor andrew cuomo announcing they'll consider a mandatory 14-day quarantine for travelers from the sunshine state just like florida did for new yorkers when the outbreak started. now we're afraid they're bringing the virus to our state. >> reporter: despite the risks health officials say are associated with attending an event with so many people in one place the people i met here say that this is about supporting their president and the country and some said that they will wear a mask while others said they won't. whit. >> all right, marcus moore for us, thank you. now to the latest on those wildfires raging in the west. that monster inferno in arizona. still spreading and three dozen total fires burning across nine states. ginger is tracking it all. ginger, good morning. >> good morning, whit.

high winds have been the problem, but now it's going to relax a bit in the wind department. we'll see the temperatures rise which will dry out vegetation more. not something you need when only 5% contained with the bush fire almost 115,000 acres. that is the seventh largest in arizona's recorded history. more than 2,000 people have been asked to evacuate. that one was near phoenix. this one you're seeing now, that is tucson or the view from tucson and the bighorn fire 31,000 acres, 40% contained and did have new evacuations overnight so as those firefighters are fighting the fires, hotter and local gusty winds, watch some number, phoenix climbs to 111 on tuesday, the relative humidity should stay below 10% and that is going to be very tough for firefighters, michael. >> does not help with that heat in the fire. ginger, thank you so much. now to music superstar usher penning an op-ed in "the washington post," why it's so important juneteenth become a national holiday. the grammy winner writing, it would be a small gesture

compared with the greater social needs of black people in america but it can remind us of our journey toward freedom and the work america still has to do. the singer also acknowledging on a t-shirt he wore back in 2015 that had july fourth crossed out and juneteenth written. usher reminded everyone he has no issue with celebrating independence day, but the shirt, quote, was an opportunity to inform others that juneteenth is our authentic day of self-determination. usher supporting and expressing his admiration for the people working towards making it a federal holiday. senators tina smith, edward j. markey, kamala harris and cory booker who announced that they are introducing legislation -- excuse me, introducing legislation to make this dream a reality. i think it's great they're putting that legislation out there and hopefully it gets passed and i'm glad usher wrote the op-ed about his feelings about it. >> definitely. coming up, the online student movement. how high school teens are speaking out about racism on social media.

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♪ we got a bigger love welcome back to "gma." so happy to have you with us on this friday morning. tomorrow on saturday "gma" "deals & steals" blow-out. a double dose of savings all $20 and under so you don't want to miss that and now, michael, we have a very special guest for "pop news." >> very. putting it lightly. that is right, amy. it is time for our "pop news" pop-in with the one and only

john legend. the egot winner's song "bigger love" drops today and is celebrating for our summer con -- concert series, and we want to say good morning to the one and only john legend. good morning, john. how you doing, my friend? >> fworgood morning. how are you? >> we are great. you know, i want to ask about everything that's happening right now. the protests occurring around the country for black lives matter in reaction to the killing of george floyd. you've never been one to hold back your opinion so what message do you want to share in this moment? >> well, you know, that was such a tragic killing. it was horrible to watch. it was painful to watch. it inspired a lot of outrage, a lot of mourning, not only here in the united states but around the world and people had every right to be outraged and every right to protest and i think the hopeful thing that comes from this moment of tragedy is that so many people came together to

say we really need to change the system and hopefully we'll have the tenacity and the persistence to stick with demanding that our leaders make real fundamental change in the way that we relate to police in the way we relate to our jails and prisons in this country. we've spent too much money and too much of our societal energy on policing people, on locking people up and hopefully we'll move from that era into a more safe and healthier era where we really invest in the things that are our communities need to heal and get better. >> john, as you know, today is juneteenth, a holiday or celebration to commemorate the end of slavery. i know you are honoring it with a special edition of verses where different musicians battle and perform together on instagram. you are going to be facing off with alicia keys, a battle of pianos. tell us what we can expect. >> well, verses has been so incredible. it's founded by swizz beatz,

alicia's husband and timbaland celebrating each other's music and call it a battle but it's almost like a teaching tool to show people the history of this great black music we've been making over the years, and really celebrating the the culture, and so alicia and i were good friends, and we've collaborated over the years. my first tour was opening for her back in 2005 after my first album came out and so we have a long history together and we both play the piano so thought it would be cool for us to do it and so we're going to do it today, celebrating juneteenth, celebrating just the richness of black culture and i think it's going to be a beautiful, beautiful day. >> absolutely. well, we'll definitely look forward to that. also looking forward to hearing your new album, "bigger love," which drops today and understand you recorded most of these songs before the pandemic, before the nationwide protest but why did you feel it was important to release this album right now? >> well, it's an album full of

love. it's a hopeful album, hopefully it'll be inspiring for people and, you know, with all the tough times that this nation is experiencing, that the world is experiencing, i felt like people could use it. >> you know, we're looking at the video. we see your family in the video and we sunday is a big day, happy early father's day. we just saw the kids and chrissy in the video with you. >> thank you. >> you and the family have any father's day planned lined up? >> happy father's day to you, michael. >> thank you, my friend. >> i feel so excited to actually have a day off on sunday. i have no idea what chrissy has planned for me but i spend a lot of time promoting the album this week. last week i was filming our father's day special for abc and so i'll be excited just to have a day off. >> hey, tell us about that special you're hosting here on abc. >> yes, so i just brought together a bunch of friends, we have some comedy, some music from the new album.

i did a couple covers, as well and hopefully we'll celebrate father's day in a way that will make people feel the love and some connection and i think it's going to be a lot of fun for everybody. we had a lot of fun making it. >> no doubt. we'll enjoy it. appreciate you getting up early and as i said, happy early father's day. and, everybody out there, can you watch john legend and family, a bigger love father's day sunday 8:00, 7:00 right here on abc and coming up, john's not going anywhere. he will perform not one but two amazing songs for our summer concert series. well, now to our "gma" cover story and how the growing black lives matter movement has inspired an online movement. high school students are speaking out bravely sharing their stories about racism and what they say they encountered at school. diane macedo joins us with more on that. good morning, diane. >> reporter: amy, good morning. we've counted at least 60 instagram accounts all dedicated to exposing racism at their respective schools across the country. to do that they're asking current and former students to

share their personal stories and while those stories may be hard to listen to organizers say it's time they be heard and it's time they be believed. as young protesters take to the streets supporting the black lives matter movement, another movement is appearing on instagram. high school students sharing experiences with racism they say they faced in their elite private and prep schools. >> i won this leadership position in our school. a student leader told me the only reason i won was because they needed diversity, and i was a black student. >> i was called an illegal immigrant and told to get a green card at the border. i was born in new york. >> reporter: they're reading anonymous posts from their instagram account true colors of columbia dedicated to collecting firsthand stories of racism at their alma mater, columbia grammar and prep school in new york city. >> this is not something that ever leaves you. those little comments, those jeers, those jokes, they stay with you forever. >> reporter: it's just one of

dozens of similar instagram accounts about schools all across the country like the one dedicated to stories from taber academy in massachusetts. one post reads, my teacher came up. before asking my name said so what sport did they recruit you for? yasmine says her boarding school education came at a cost. >> i feel like way too often, you know, especially the black kids at tabor u share their experiences and everybody tells you it isn't real. or it isn't valid. >> the hope of the students speaking out is that the administration of these schools will do something, that their peers become more aware of, you know, what qualifies as a racist comment. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news, tabor academy writes, in part, we pledge to actively create a safe and equitable anti-racist learning community at tabor and columbia grammar tells us it is clear we have important and long overdue work ahead. we are ready and committed.

organizers say it's time these stories are heard, believed and acted upon. >> i have hope for the generation that comes after us that they won't have to experience the same things we did. >> reporter: and we're told many of those accounts have sent specific demands to their respective schools asking for things like more representation in the curriculum. more representation among the faculty. disciplinary action for discrimination and they want to see at least some of those changes implemented before the start of the school year, whit. >> an important conversation, diane, thank you so much. we are turning now to a sneak peek in honor of father's day this sunday, superstar will smith opening up about what it's like to be a dad and what it means to him. that role starting when he was just 24 years old. he sat down with his wife jada pinkett smith for a special edition of her "red table talk" show airing sunday and janai norman is here with us with more. janai, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit. good morning. this is expected to be one of the most intimate and vulnerable conversations they have shared

as they look back at their 23 years parenting. the highs, the lows and what will says has shaped his approach as a father and husband. this sunday, jada pinkett smith is joined by her smooth talking hollywood star husband will smith. they sat down for a special father's day episode on jada's show "red table talk." in the episode the couple share some of their most life-changing moments. >> will smith becomes a father at 24? >> 24, yeah but i just cried so hard. like it makes me teary right now. >> you cried from what was the feeling? >> it was like, oh, man! i'm going to have to walk this one off. >> reporter: and they get intimate about their own relationship. >> you're really a great father. >> ah. thank you. >> reporter: while also discussing their teamwork

approach to parenthood. >> i think there's like -- there's no rules. it's more art -- >> yes. >> than it is science. >> science. it hasn't been easy, but -- >> no. >> -- it's definitely been worth it. >> reporter: and in addition to some never-before-seen smith family videos the episode will also feature father's day surprises from smith's three kids, so, whit, a special way for them to celebrate father's day. >> a great conversation. janai, you know me too when i talk about my kids, i need to walk it off as well. >> i know. >> all right, janai, thank you so much. tune in to facebook watch for a special juneteenth episode of "red table talk." ginger, over to you. thank you, whit. and you know what makes for a great father's day, a new baby. having a new baby girl and eden rose is 3 years old meeting her little sister. >> oh, my gosh! so cute. >> that's your sister. >> oh. >> she's so cute. >> look at her. >> ah.

>> she's so cute! thank you, daddy. >> oh, give me a hug. >> thank you, daddy? wait a minute. she eventually does thank mommy too and we just love this one from bloomfield hills, michigan, jesse is the mom. aaron is dad. good morning, i'm meteorologist mike nicco. it is back, check out the marine layer. so that means not as hot today. but it will let up a little bit next week and hot temperatures will return. look at the mid to upper 60s, very comfortable along the coast into san francisco. 70s around the bay, 80s inland until you get to the east bay where we have low to mid-90s. more widespread tomorrow morning and more 50s when you w w w w ww now to our open for business series. this week we're highlighting female entrepreneurs and will reeve spoke to a former math teacher based in philly working

hard to make math fun but when the pandemic hit, it became one of the millions of small businesses scrambling to stay afloat. hey, will. >> reporter: hey, michael. if i may be so bold as to speak for many people, especially including journalists, math can be scary, but it's also essential, and one woman in philadelphia is doing whatever she can to help wrestle it down to size for kids while grappling with a grim reality. >> why is this not the day of the week? >> reporter: for six years and counting dr. angela macgyver has been on a mission to make math fun. her small business serves over 100 philadelphia area students in after-school math club, summer camps and at home math games. >> where you at? >> 8. >> nice. >> reporter: tell me about how trapezium math came into existence. >> i am a former middle school math teach who are left to work with high school students in an urban program here in philadelphia, and what i found was that our students were coming to high school without a

strong foundation in elementary math. our mission is to build confident math learners. >> reporter: the carr family is among the math enthusiasts. >> all the kids in her program are excited to go to math club. her curriculum is so innovative. >> what have you learned from angela's program that helps you conquer the challenge? >> to never give up. >> reporter: the pandemic has hit angela's company hard. she had to lay off all eight of her employees in march. the ppp loan she received helped her hire them back but the money runs out in two weeks. >> my net profits have decreased by 2,344%. >> reporter: angela is trying to pivot to an online business model. she hopes families will purchase or donate use at home brain teaser packs but time is quickly running out. what is your level of worry about your business and the people you employ? >> i have staff who have been with me since the beginning. we have employees who are in

really difficult and challenging situations themselves and that we cannot have anticipated this. >> we have some exciting news for you, sofi, which is a personal finance company that helps you borrow, invest, save and spend, all in an app heard about your story. >> what? >> and they are giving you $10,000 to help your business thrive. >> oh, my gosh. >> let it out. this is -- it's a big moment. >> i mean, it is and i know i'm one of thousands of businesses, there are so many. there are so many people out there so this has been -- this is a big thing and, you know, i just -- i don't know what to say. i don't know what to say. thank you. >> guys, i had angela give me one of those brain teasers. if i have seven coins all nickels and dimes, how many

nickels do i have if it adds up to 45 cents? that's five nickels. anyway -- >> i just blacked out. >> me too. took me a long time. that $10,000 will go a long way. >> i was going to say five but you beat me to it. coming up, carla hall joins us live. we'll be right back.

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♪ bring me a higher love that's right, welcome back. great to have you with us on this friday morning. >> and carla hall is joining us on this juneteenth. she has so many recipes for us on this very important day but first let's take a look at the history behind it. culture and camaraderie. juneteenth for many african-americans across the country is about taking a moment to enjoy the progress of the community while paying homage to its struggle. ♪ widely considered to be african-american's true independence day, the holiday originated in texas where the last 250,000 people still being held in slavery finally learned from union soldiers they were

free nearly three years after the emancipation proclamation had been signed. >> stories of people dancing in the streets and from that moment forward that would have been june 19th, 1865, the following year there were celebrations documented as early as 1867. >> juneteenth celebration. >> reporter: resulting in celebrations of music, parades and food. mean something draped in every part of the celebrations today. >> juneteenth fabulous pride. >> reporter: red foods like strawberry pies, red velvet cake and punch and more are a must have symbolizing the blood of those lost during the struggle for emancipation. >> a lot ask why are there red food? but there is symbolism behind it. african-americans are uniquely connected to american food ways like no other group making amazingness out of things that someone values.

>> reporter: but in addition to the food the celebrations serve as an ode to ancestors, a day of collective thank you to a people who made a way out of no way. >> and chef carla hall author of "carla hall's soul food" joins us from her home in washington, d.c. good morning, carla. >> good morning. how are you? >> we're doing great, carla. as we just saw, juneteenth has been acknowledged in the black community since the last slaves were freed in texas more than two years after emancipation. twitter officially deemed it as a day off for their employees and now a big push to declare it a national holiday. what does it mean to you to see this day finally get its due? >> i think it's about time. i think when you think of juneteenth it was about informing people, information, information is power and so this is not just black history. this is america's history and i think america should celebrate. also an opportunity for schools to teach black history as

american history. so let's get with it full bore. >> i love it. that's great. we'll actually commemorate this day by starting off with some amazing food from you. you've got dry rub pork tenderloins served with barbecue sauce. tell us why you chose this as the centerpiece for your juneteenth celebrations. >> i chose this, you know, with a nod to texas. i decided to do barbecue, i chose pork, i'm from tennessee, i know texans, brisket, i get it. so i have a pork tenderloin here. i have a dry rub with several spices, you all have the recipe and i'm just going to dump it in my bowl and mix up these spices, which become not only the dry rub for the pork but part of the barbecue sauce that i'm going to be putting on the pork so i sprinkled this on. i let it sit for two hours or overnight and then i oil it and then i pop it in the pan.

it's so easy. and so delicious. >> it's looking good, of course, we need sides to go with it, car l.a. you don't know this about me. i have a thing for potato salad and understand you have a twist here with sweet potatoes and curry. why is this the perfect juneteenth side dish? >> so, sweet potatoes are very prominent in africa as well as soul food in the states. so i decided to do a sweet potato salad and to commemorate the curry that is throughout africa and the caribbean because of the spice root i wanted to do a curry mayo to put in it. here i've got mayo, sour cream and some bread and butter pickles. i put in some apple cider vinegar. i love that tang. i have some curry powder, black pepper and salt and then i'm just going to mix that up and then in my potato salad you will see the potatoes, three kind

colors of peppers and egg and i'll dump this in here. this all gets folded in and it's all easy and delicious and i'm just going to move all of this. i don't teed to do that for y'all. y'all know what folding looks like. i mean, if you don't know what folding looks like, y'all know what folding looks like. and, look. >> what are you adding on top there, carla? >> i'm adding this to finish it. >> i'm from texas. we do love our brisket but that pork is good too. we eat everything in texas and i did not know whit had a thing for potato salad. i'm learning something. >> i do. >> every day i come here i learn something new. >> information is power. that's what we do. you see how you got that information? >> so, carla, what's your

favorite way to serve these two dishes? >> so my favorite way, i love it like this but i also love doing the pork on a sandwich, you know. but here i'm just going to slice it and i'm going to have the barbecue sauce on the side. i cook it to medium which is so beautiful. >> you know, we have food demos in the studio. we have nothing today. >> social distance is teasing us right now. >> hard to look at with the hunger i'm feeling right now but also, hey, you might get thirsty when you're eating all this food and saw red is that traditional color to celebrate juneteenth. you made a really refreshing drink to go with this. it's red. what does it symbolize? >> so this symbolizes the blood that was shed by the enslaved people so not only is that about the blood that was shed but also when you think about the

economic opportunities from watermelon and strawberries that are grown around juneteenth, so that was one of the things that enslaved people were doing, they were growing and selling their watermelons and their strawberries and not only the hydration as a nutrient which in watermelon and because of that they were demonized with watermelon so when you think about people, oh, blacks and watermelons, signifies lazeness didn't come from us. this is why it was demonized because of that economic opportunity that they had. mm-mm. >> thank you for the information. the conversation and, of course, the mouthwatering food as well. we love you, carla. thank you so much. you can get carla's recipes on our website, goodmorningamerica.com. if you don't have the chance to cook up a feast like carla's consider picking up food from black owned restaurants. many black owned restaurants were hit especially hard during the pandemic. >> no doubt.

that's right. abc thus is presenting a prime time special commemorating the holiday titled "juneteenth: a celebration of overcoming" airing tonight at 8:00 p.m. on abc. coming up next on "gma," we have two performances from john legend. ♪ you say that customers maklet's talk data.s. only xfinity mobile lets you switch up your wireless data whenever. i accept! 5g - everybody's talking about it. how do i get it? everyone gets 5g with our new data options

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it's friday which means it's time for pet of the week and there's our wall of winners right there and amy was marveling over the -- >> hamster? >> a hamster? >> hamsters. >> it's large and it's staring at me. >> we have a turtle. the whole thing, the whole animal kingdom and pair of unlikely best friends wild about adventure. take a look. meet henry and baloo. a dog and cat inseparable pals both rescues. >> baloo has lost his mother, abandoned his litter. he really attached to henry right away. within a couple hours he was crawling all over henry, would not leave henry alone. >> reporter: henry's page jumped to a million plus after baloo was adopted into this love squad. humans cynthia and andre take them everywhere. based in denver they hike all over. a not for profit named after henry and baloo that raises

money for protected land. >> protect the environment and the wildfire that use it that is actually safe and hopefully be there forever. >> reporter: the beasties are besties paw and paw in a recent post f a cat and dog can really get along, then so can the rest of us. >> we really hope that people get from henry and baloo now and the past few years is that love is universal. baloo doesn't see that henry is a dog and henry doesn't see that baloo is a cat. they're just best friends. >> and they are cute. joining us live from denver, colorado, henry and baloo and their humans, of course, cynthia and andre. thank you so much for joining us. we know that the two of you have been on many different adventures all over the place but there could be one thing on their bucket list, what would it be? >> so we've always wanted to go to alaska. you know, we think it's a more wild and dreamy colorado with lots of wildfire and mountains

so hopefully we can do that soon. >> i'm sure they will love it. no question about that. if they could speak human talk that is, what would they say about this honor of being our pet of the week? >> they're excited and proud to be on "good morning america," of course. and always so shocked when people know their name. >> hopefully many more adventures to come. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciated meeting them and, of course, that relationship symbolic for everybody across the country. anybody can be friends. that's for sure. thank you so much. >> yes. >> all right, beginner, over to you. >> thank you, whit and you know that tomorrow is the summer solstice so that means the sunlight, the longest day of the year, look at that sun. san diego, california, thank you, jim grant and hollywood beach florida is not going to be as sunny today. there is a flood watch just north of you for vero beach and those folks but scattered storms throughout the weekend. here's a little first day of summer for you. the summer solstice tomorrow happens at a:44 p.m.

that means you have the sunlight directly on the tropic of cancer so that makes for the closest we'll be in the northern hemisphere and days get shorter from there. good morning. welcome to friday. i'm mike nicco. you're going to notice e relief around the bay and coast but inland is still going to be sizzling hot today. sizzling hot today. >> time now for our summer concert with john legend. the egot winning musician joining us to celebrate the release of his new album, "bigger love" and this morning he's performing the uplifting lead single. this is "bigger love." ♪ ♪ i don't wanna think about nothing just watching you dancing ♪ ♪ it feels like the beginning of

something and in the end, in the end ♪ ♪ all i wanna do is just fall in i don't wanna think about nothing ♪ ♪ everybody got so much to say every time we push it away ♪ ♪ every day a new reason to stay ♪ ♪ 'cause we got a bigger love won't ever give it up ♪ ♪ we got a one-way ticket love we ain't going no place but up ♪ ♪ nothing can stop this no one can top us we got a bigger love ♪ ♪ i don't wanna think about nothing the world feels like it's crumbling ♪ ♪ every day another new something but in the end, in the end ♪ ♪ can't nobody do us in i just wanna think about loving ♪

>> come on! ♪ 'cause we got a bigger love won't ever give it up ♪ ♪ no ♪ we got a one-way ticket love we ain't going no place but up ♪ ♪ nothing can stop this no one can top us we got a bigger love ♪ ♪ we got a bigger love won't ever give it up, no ♪ ♪ we got a one-way ticket, love we ain't going no place but up ♪ ♪ nothing can stop this no one can top us ♪ ♪ oh, we got a bigger love won't ever give it up ♪ ♪ we got a one-way ticket love we ain't going no place but up ♪

♪ nothing can stop this no one can top us ♪ ♪ oh we got a bigger love won't ever give it up, no ♪ ♪ we got a one-way ticket, love we ain't going no place but up ♪ ♪ nothing can stop this no one can top us ♪ ♪ we got a bigger love

we are back now with our summer concert series. grammy winner singer/songwriter john legend is singing us into the weekend. here's his new album, "bigger love," out today performing one of his new tracks. this is "never break." ♪ we got a good thing, babe whenever life is hard ♪ ♪ we'll never lose our

way, we both know who we are ♪ ♪ who knows about tomorrow we don't know what's in the stars ♪ ♪ i just know i'll always follow the light in your heart ♪ ♪ i'm not worried about us and i've never been we know how the story ends ♪ ♪ we will never break we will never break ♪ ♪ built on a foundation strong enough to stay ♪ ♪ we will never break as the water rises ♪ ♪ and the mountains shake our love will remain ♪

♪ we will never no, never, we will never, no, no, never ♪ ♪ the world is dangerous through all of this there's nothing we cannot change ♪ ♪ we will never break we will never break ♪ ♪ built on a foundation stronger than the pain ♪ ♪ we will never break as the water rises ♪ ♪ and the mountains shake our love will remain ♪ ♪ we will never no, no, never ♪ ♪ we will never, no, no, never

♪ we will never no, never, we will never, no ♪ ♪ we will never, no, never, we will, no ♪ "gma's" summer concert series is sponsored by caesars rewards. we look forward to welcoming you back. ♪ we will never break

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>> announcer: "gma" wednesday, it's the black eyed peas performing live. ♪ mamacita >> announcer: the black eyed peas wednesday on "good morning america's" summer concert series sponsored by caesars rewards. a big thank you to john legend. that was awesome and if you head to our "gma" twitter account you can get a special message from mr. legend himself. >> very cool. be sure to tune in sunday night to watch "john legend and family, a bigger love father's day" at 8:00, 7:00 central on abc. >> have a great weekend, everybody. don't forget, "gma" saturday edition. we'll see you then.

i know you'll be watching. >> happy father's day.

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>> announcer: x "feel good friday" on "live with kelly and ryan." we will meet helping hero that has new moms on her mind. plus, he plays young randall on the series, "this is us." lonnie chavis. plus, the hometown barbecue continues with an eighth-grade griller. all next on "live." >> ryan: we are trying to put some technical shots together with our fathers, but the process has been one of comedy for both kelly and i. good morning. >> kelly: truly good morning