nascar drivers coming together to show support for bubba wallace as we learn of another noose incident at a race track right here in the bay area. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, june 23rd. and look at the glory behind me, friends. >> she's literally in heaven. >> i'm in heaven this morning. i'm in heaven because i'm back with you guys. i missed you all. so happy to be back. >> we missed you. >> thank you, friend. >> glad to have you back. >> right. >> as if you didn't look well rested and beautiful and good enough because of your time off, then you've got the best backdrop. >> i got it all. >> you do. i just got that empty shelf that people are complaining about because there's nothingit. that's the way the boss wants it. we have breezy conditions and 28 miles per hour at fairfield.

so, benicia bridge, carquinez bridge and the golden gate bridge a little breezy this morning. here's a look from sutro tower, sun rise this morning and the marine layer is a little more compressed than it was yesterday. hopefully you get a little more sunshine if that's what you want. at the coast we'll hang out near 60 during your planner and 76 to 84 with that sunshine around the bay and inland. 82 to 91. warm to hot at 4:00 and getting more comfortable at 7:00. 75 to 82. i'm going to send it back to reggie now. >> mike, thank you. president trump has signed a new ban on foreign workers here in the u.s. that ban includes a number of visas including the h1b visas used by tech companies. the administration says the ban will open up more than half a million jobs for americans out of work during the pandemic but others worry this will slow job creation in silicon valley. amy hollyfield live in san mateo with reaction from tech leaders

this morning. amy? >> not good. the ceo of this company here says if silicon valley can't hi hire, he believes the will get left behind. he says this is a big deal. he says his health tech company uses they use it to hire scientists and engineers. president trump signed an executive order to sign a ban on green cards issued outside of the united states until the end of the year. he is doing it to free up jobs for americans. silicon valley leaders think the move is political in an election year. a professor at san jose state told us he is worried this will cause our tech industry to lose talent to other countries. >> we've seen canadian entrepreneurial centers being pretty competitive with silicon valley. the chinese and the indians both want to have their entrepreneurial centers be the centers of the future. >> the silicon valley leadership

group says foreign born workers make up 60% of all tech workers in silicon valley. the ban is temporary. keep it in place until the end of the year. reporting live in san mateo, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. governor newsom is addressing the record high number of covid cases now. he says more than 46,000 californians tested positive in just the past two weeks. that's more than a quarter of all the known cases since march. and hospitalizations are up, too. 16%. >> despite an increase in hospitalizations, despite an increase in total number of icu patients, our capacity remains fairly stable. >> a uc berkeley professor says the number of cases is bound to rise as more businesses reopen and he says we all need to be careful when we go back into society. >> if i decide to take a risk and i get infected, i can spread that virus to other people who

may have decided they didn't want to take the risk. >> in san francisco, salons, barbershops and outdoor bars could open as soon as monday. and happening today, a warning on capitol hill. the nation's top health experts including dr. anthony fauci will testify on the dangers of coronavirus. their prepared statements say covid-19 activity will continue for some time and if there is covid-19 and flu activity at the same time, this could place a tremendous burden on the health care system. the number of cases is rising in 23 states and puerto rico. a middle school in san jose is back eopen after months of being closed because of coronavirus. sunrise middle school reopened classrooms for summer school and no more than 12 students will be allowed in each school's summer program includes field trips and outdoor activities but students will be kept inside fortheir ha

their meals in the classroom. four schools in san francisco could be renamed because their namesakes are now under scrutiny. you can see them right here on the map. junipero serra elementary and george washington high school and john muir which may be renamed for literary icon maya angelou who became the city's first street car conductor and francis scott key. a change could be filed at a school board meeting next month. the sonoma county sheriff's office is investigating after a possible noose was found at the sonoma raceway. an employee discovered it hanging from a tree saturday. staff immediately notified law banned to move the confederate flag from all its racing events. nascar is coming together to support a driver after a similar

incident happened sunday. someone put a noose in the garage stall of driver bubba wallace. it happened at the talladega speedway in alabama. he is the black nascar driver who pushed for the absolutely disgusting. and i was very, very mad about it. everyone was. but i thought today with everyone showing their support, not only drivers, crew members and fans were awesome in showing their support to bubba and everyone who has been oppressed. >> drivers painted i stand with bubba in the grass. richard petty who hasn't been at a race since quarantine decided he had to be there. every single driver and crew member walked to the finish line and stood behind wallace during the national anthem. bubba wallace a guest on "the view" today right here on abc7. tensions high in the sky. another passenger removed from a flight for refusing to wear a mask as other passengers are looking on. and restrictions easing

across the bay area. how the museum is revealing plans to welcome visitors, once again. we showed you the sunrise from above the marine layer. 55 at the exploratorium. temperatures in the east bay and south bay. the warmest compared to average today. i'll explain

you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is abc7 mornings. >> 6:10 on a tuesday. upper 50s through the trivalley and a few low to mid 60s in brentwood and antioch under sunshine in the east bay valleys. a lot of cloud cover else where ad temperatures else where and 61 and 64. san jose partly cloudy and 58. small craft advisory on the bay today. early or late best for walking the dogs because it's going to be hot at least inland and then south bay as far as those surfaces go. here's a look at the peninsula. 80 for a couple hours this afternoon under sunshine. that's not too bad. let's look at the east bay where we'reupper 70s. mid to upper 70s and we never quite shake all the cloud cover today. let's look at the accuweather seven-day fordaecast coming

first, here's jobina. >> hi, everyone. as far as blocking or incidents on our roads this morning, everything is looking good. we'll quickly check out the bay bridge right now where we have a high wind advisory from the chp. as far as we know, the metering lights are still off and pretty smooth ride across the bridge. no delays there. also this morning, more people are riding b.a.r.t.owly expandi. b.a.r.t. is adding three more lines and they'll be added during the morning and evening commutes. ridership had been down 94% since the shelter-in-place orders were imposed and b.a.r.t. ridership down only 88% on friday. its best numbers since early march. reggie and kumasi. >> thanks, jobina. coming up next, what is pushing the price of cheese to the highest level in generations? plus, the new pilot at lax that is tak

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l morning. threatening a family wearing a black lives matter shirt is scheduled to appear in court today. steve was arrested last week on felony threat and hate crime charges. the family says they were eating at a burlingame restaurant after attending a protest when he threatened to shoot them. he posted $150,000 bail and is set to be arraigned this morning. well, police officers removed a man from a frontier airlines flight at lax because he refused to wear a mask. the airline says the passenger did not comply with repeated instructions from crew members. several la officers were called in to escort the man off the plane. frontier requires aea wth're ng. travelers at lax will start seeing thermal imaging cameras and those cameras allow staff to

check a person's temperature as soon as they walk into the building. within seconds it sends an alert if someone has a higher than average temperature and that person will be sent to a secondary screening. >> you want them to take people's temperatures. >> we want to make sure everybody's fine. >> i feel a lot more safe. airports have never really been like that clean and nice and i feel like now they're hand sanitizing and everyone is wearing masks i feel safe traveling. >> so, the plan is to have all the cameras in operation as we head into the summer travel season. there's no word yet if any bay area airports will install these cameras. and, reggie, when i was in florida this week, they had one of those thermal imaging cameras for us to go visit a hotel. they were like, you stand right here and they were like, put your face in there and you have to make sure your face is in there and it scans you to make sure that your temperature is within range. so, i could see -- >> all i heard you say fountain blue, did you say anything else

after that? >> no, what matters. >> i saw those pictures. it looked luxurious. >> it was so much fun. and, well, that's a whole other conversation, but people were out in florida, let's just say that. >> oh. i know that -- >> i'm happy for you. >> that pool was packed. it was confetti at that pool. >> confetti? >> anyway. >> in this economy? >> listen. >> bottles were popped. >> go to kumasi's social media sites and check it out. should get a kick back for that, shouldn't she? let's take a look at what's going on. we'll look, well, that's actually the exploratorium where it's 55 degrees also just like it is in sutro tower and you'll

see it's above the sun rise and kind of rinse and repeat just like yesterday. heat relief will hit us this weekend. here's a look at your fog forecast and look how quickly it retreats back to the coast where we'll see more sunshine than we did yesterday. here's a look at our temperatures. we'll start down in the south bay. 90 in los gatos and most of us in the mid to upper 80s. palo aalto at 80. low to mid 60s along the coast and downtown and sausalito with a little more sunshine and bodaga bay and breezes will keep up in the 70s to low 80 low 70 look at that richmond and berkeley and near 80 for the rest of the east bay shore and the hottest temperatures will be a low to mid 90s in the east bay valleys. let's take a look at tonight where we'll hang out in the mid to upper 50s with cloud cover and pretty much the same areas as this morning.

if you live above 1,800 feet little warmer in the 60s. my accuweather seven-day forecast. couple degrees here and there. almost near 100 inland and low to mid 80s around the bay and still 60s at the coast. heat breaks at least for the bay saturday and for the rest of us saturd sunday and monday. enjoy the free air conditioning in san francisco, reggie, kumasi. >> we always do, mike. thank you. you can't go anywhere, kumasi, without a sweatshirt in this town. >> true. >> ginger zee knows. good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you reggie and kumasi. i sure do know about that marine layer. i could use it in this room with the lights on. it's about 100. about your inland temperature. so, coming up on "gma" i will be sweating in my room here but talking about the stories including arizona seeing a spike in coronavirus infections and record hospitalizations. that's, of course, as president trump is getting set to visit that state or planning to give a

campaign-style speech at a mega church. we'll have one of the nation's leading public health experts join us to discuss all of it this morning. also, we are getting into the emotional day at the speedway. you saw nascar drivers rallying behind bubba wallace as the fbi is now joining the investigation into the noose that was found in his garage. nascar's first black female pit crew member will join us to talk about that. and bachelor ben higgins is talking about reliving his season. finding love and what happened to olivia. if you watched that season, you'll want to see this. this is coming up on "gma" and then "vanishing half" one of the hottest books out right now and it is shooting to the top of the charts. we're talking to author brit bennett and she'll surprise a couple of her fans coming up here on "gma." i know i have been listening to more books. >> and this one, i saw that you were talking about this so i

looked it up and it's interesting, especially for this moment because two young girls who grow up that are both light skinned and one of them live her life as a white woman and one lives her life as a black woman and they come back together again. it sounds really good. >> she was working on this book for years before it. so, it's not like she made it happen in this moment. just happened to coincide with such a social change and such a social movement. >> i'm in. i'm in for this one. all right. ginger, thank you so much. we'll see you at 7:00. >> thank you. san francisco's de young museum is getting ready to reopen after it was temporarily closed because of the pandemic. according to "the chronicle" the museum plans to open to members tuesday july 7th and to the public on friday july 10th and also offer its first free saturday july 11th. the legion of honor in lincoln park is also expected to reopen

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moving forward. now an abc7 news live desk update. the polls are now open in kentucky, new york and virginia for their primary elections and here at the live desk, i'm looking very closely at a race going on in kentucky. democrats are set to elect the candidate who will try to unseat senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. top contenders include amy mcgraph backed by the party establishment and charles booker who has progressive support. high voter turnout is expected especially in light of black lives matter protest who becomes the democratic nominee could come down to how the candidates have responded to the protests. >> this moment is helping to show standing up for regular folks is not radical. it's good public policy.

>> have you been on the ground in louisville with the protesters the last three days or lexington or else where, ms. mcgrath? >> i have not. >> and why? >> well, i've been with my family and i had some family things going on this past weekend. >> just three months ago, police in louisville, kentucky, shot and killed breonna taylor during an attempted drug sting. she was struck by bullets at least eight times. her death led to citywide bans on no-knock warrants. they have been calling her name along george floyd's name during these demonstrations. also while we're talking about the kentucky primary and the city where breonna taylor was killed, louisville, kentucky, only one polling location open today. that city has a population of roughly 600,000 people. kumasi? >> all right, thank you for those updates. the price of wisconsin cheese has hit a 100-year high because of coronavirus. the wisconsin cheese makers association says suppliers cut production over the past several months since a lot of restaurants closed. but now that restaurants are opening back up, they are selling out of many cheeses, especially cheddar.

right now, cheddar sells for a . industry experts say that prices will eventually return to pre-pandemic levels. well, coming up next at -- >> friend, you concerned about your cheese? >> you know, just imagine a nice little cheese plate and a wine pairing and that's a saturday afternoon. >> it is. it is. coming up next at 6:30, san francisco is preparing to speed up its reopening plans. plus, the governor's

when we closed our wynn committed instantly to keeping all 15,000 team members on-board. we then focused our five-star level of service to all who needed it. we made improvements to people's lives. we strove to be better and we made people happy. this closure may have temporarily taken us out of wynn and encore, but it couldn't take the wynn and encore out of us. and now, we are proud to welcome you back.

now at 6:30, clashes near the white house overnight. protesters moving in to tear down a statue of president andrew jackson. and now president trump is threatening prison for the people involved. police release a video of a woman accused of purposely coughing on a toddler in the south bay. and they're hoping you will recognize her. >> we've been testing thousands and thousands of people and we need to test more. san jose teams up with the sharks to open a coronavirus testing center this morning. you'll get a lot more than just a free test. plus, is baseball coming back? a vote today could get players on the field in weeks. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. good morning, everybody. it is tuesday, june 23rd.

hi, friends. >> we are all back together. it's great to have kumasi fresh from her florida vacation back with us here. and, of course, mike nicco has been holding down the fort the whole time. hi, mike. >> not fresh here. let's take a look at what's going on. and we've got a 20 mi-mile-per-r wind at fairfield. not quite as noisy as it was during the overnight hours. a sea breeze that will keep keep pretty hot temperatures. here's a look at our sunrise from sutro tower. low to mid 70s around richmond, oakland, san mateo and upper 70s to low 80s in the north bay. fremont, palo alto and upper 80s in the south bay and low to mid 90s in our south bay valleys. accuweather forecast coming up soon. let's ge reie. >> mike, thank you. new this morning, the number one tennis player in the world

says he has tested positive for coronavirus. novak djokovic, excuse me, released a statement saying he and his wife have tested positive. they're going to be in self-isolation for the next 14 days. this all comes after djokovic sparked controversy by organizing a tennis match in croatia where big crowds showed up. hugging, high fives and even parties. djokovic also questioned the need for an eventual coronavirus vaccine and he's been critical of plans made by the u.s. open to help limit the spread of the virus saying that she wasn't sue he wanted to play tennis with all those rules in place. happening today, you could get a free covid-19 test at the sap center. and you won't have to make an appointment or even have any symptoms. since this is the home of the sharks, they're throwing in a few extras to get as many people tested as possible. julian glover is live in san jose with more on this. julian. >> hey, good morning, kumasi. the first time in a long time that the sap center is seeing a

sizable crowd of people funneling inside and that's when county health officials will be welcoming up to 1,000 people to walk in and walk in to the sap center and get a free covid-19 test. this will run through saturday and the goal is to really get people who are showing symptoms righat t viru befor it continues to spread. again, santa clara county officials and the san jose sharks teaming up together to make this happen. as you mentioned earlier, even sharkie the team's mascot was here to show that testing is quick and painless. county leaders want everyone who comes in contact with others to often come out and get tested and that is really more of us as the bay area continues to reopen. >> it's going to be convenient and it's going to be easy. you don't need an appointment. and it's free. and as long as you don't have symptoms, so, don't be sick and just come on over and we're going to be able to test you. >> as you heard from cindy chavez, no appointments needed to get tested and also 100% free

and available regardless of immigration status. we told you it starts today. here are the hours. kicks off at 1:00 p.m. today and runs through 7:00 p.m. those are the hours through friday and open back up on saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. there are currently 57 covid-19 testing sites across santa clara county including this one. santa clara county still leads the bay area in the number of covid-19 deaths. just trailing alameda county and the number of confirmed cases so that is why this getting tested right here at the sap stis so important. if you're in san jose, come walk in and get tested today. reporting live in downtown san jose, i'm julian glover, abc7 news. california has shattered its record for most new coronavirus cases in a single day. "the chronicle" is reporting that county health departments reported more than 6,000 new cases as of last night. the previous record was 4,415. governor newsom warns that the state could revert back to a strict stay-at-home order if

there is a dramatic surge in coronavirus. he says california recorded more than a quarter of total confirmed cases in just the last two weeks. and that's when reopening expanded in many communities. san francisco is planning to speed up its reopening plans pup the city is asking the state for permission to let hair salons, nail salons and tattoo parlors welcome back customers on monday. museums and zoos can also reopen with state approval. state officials want outdoor bars and outdoor swimming pools reopen. city leaders say they are confident that they will get the okay from sacramento. as businesses start to reopen in the bay area, we have a handy resource to help you keep track of what's open and where. you'll find this interactive map on our website, abc7news.com. president trump will be in arizona for another indoor rally today. he'll travel to yuma this morning to visit the border wall. then he'll go to phoenix to speak at the students for trump event. he says he's not worried at all when it comes to coronavirus

cases spiking in the state which is now at nearly 55,000. the mayor of phoenix is calling on the president to set an example and wear a mask. family and friends will gather today for the funeral of rayshard brooks. the man who was shot dead in a wendy's parking lot by an atlanta police officer. this is video from his. ublic vi public viewing yesterday. officers were responding to brooks asleep in his car in the drive-thru. he was running away from his officer's taser when the officer shot him from behind. his funeral held at the historic ebenezer baptist church the same place martin luther king jr. preached. the school board is set to vote on the measure to the school district's police department. >> we don't need no cops. >> teachers joined a protest outside the school district headquarters yesterday calling for an end to police in schools.

both demonstrators and osud police chief said it's time for a change. >> we are no longer asking for anything. we are demanding it and we are taking it. police have to go. >> what's been going on hasn't been working so, really, what do we have to lose to try something different. >> police chief jeff godon says his officers respond to 1,000 calls from oakland schools per semester. about 300 of them are serious cases. if the ousd police department were to be eliminated, officers from the city's police department would have to respond and the school would have to handle calls that aren't as serious. confrontation in the capital. hundreds of protesters try to pull down a statue near the white house. the threat from the president. and you're looking live at the big board. the new york stock exchange. or maybe you aren't. no. okay. we'll get there in just a second. to play or not to play. the decision expected today that

could mean the return of major league baseball. but, first, we check in again with meteorologist mike nicco. hey, mike. >> hi, guys. i hope it is to play because i don't want to see '94 again. back when the strike almost ruined baseball. let's look at what is going on. 63 degrees and everybody else in the mid to upper 50s on either side of the peninsula. 60 in oakland and fremont and 64 in los gatos just about the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s right now. bay bridge toll plaza. doesn't that traffic just kind of give you anxiety a little bit. 58 degrees there. breezy bridges not only this morning and choppy this afternoon if you're on the bay. here's a look at our warmer neighborhoods. the southerly wind will keep the north bay from getting too hot compared to most of our inland neighborhoods. mid 80s this afternoon under sunshine and now down in the south bay, you can see mid to o upper 80s and east bay neighborhoods are the hottest as

we reach the low to mid 90s again today like we did yesterday. we'll take a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up next. hi, jobina. >> all right. but, first, thank you, mike. but first we have a little traffic to get to. hi, everyone. we'll start off with the graphics and bring in the drive times because for the most part things are moving smoothly. walnut creek to dublin, 13 minutes. santa rosa to san francisco. showing you the overall uan notice just two slow spots coming out of tracy and then right around the toll plaza. as we zoom in here, you can look closely and see that speeds are down to around six miles per hour and then once you make it through the metering lights, 36 miles per hour and we check out the camera here. metering lights came

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let's take a look from sutro tower. the marine layer more compressed than it was yesterday. expect plenty of sunshine around the bay and a little sunshine at the coast where you'll stay at 60. for our bay and inland temperatures at noon. 82 to 91. still pretty warm to hot. we have the sea breeze that will keep us from getting overly hot except for in solano county all the way through saturday solano county and lake and mendicino county. look at those 100s through the central valley to palm springs. >> all right. thank you, mike. well, san jose police want to find the woman who's accused of intentionally coughing on a toddler at yogurtland. look at this surveillance video that police released. if you look on the right side of your screen, the woman approaches, pulls down her mask and then coughs in the baby's direction. this happened on friday. police say that the woman was upset because she felt like the mom wasn't maintaining proper social distancing but now this

woman could face assault charges. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. at the live desk, i'm following demonstrations and protests, really, over a statue of andrew jackson in washington, d.c. police and protesters clashed last night in lafayette park. protesters tried to take down the statue of the former president wi and ropes. police in riot gear moved tine protect it. jackson is tied to slave ownership and the conviction of native americans. >> the public reminder of the native american holocaust and also of the black american holocaust of slavery. that's what andrew jackson represented. >> president trump responded to the protests on twitter and threatened ten years in prison for the numerous arrests made calling efforts to topple the statue disgraceful vandalism of a magnificent statue. another statue of jackson was vandalized yesterday

jacksonville, florida. kuma kumasi. jobina. sky7 captured the video of this red paint that was splattered on the statue's head. the words monument of genocide and profanity spray painted on it. brought catholicism to california and critics say he forced religion on the native people and destroyed their culture. president trump a new ban on foreign workers in the u.s. in hopes of freeing up jobs for people impacted by the pandemic and that includes h1b visas that are very popular with tech companies here. amy hollyfield is live in san mateo with the reaction now from tech leaders. amy? >> the ceo of this company here in san mateo says this is a big deal for silicon valley. he says his health tech company uses h-1b visa programs who hire engineers and scientists and if

they can't hire, it will get left behind. president trump signed an executive order to ban foreign workers in an attempt to make more jobs available for americans. the silicon valley leaders say this will undermine the tech industry. >> foreign-born workers make up 60% of all tech workers in silicon valley. so, this represents a very serious threat to the workforce. >> and the concern is that talented workers will then go to companies in other countries. the ban is temporary. the plan is to have it in place until the end of the year. reporting live in san mateo, amy hollyfield, >> amy, thank you. 2:00 p.m. today to respond to the league if they can report to camps by july 1st. our sister network espn reports that multiple players agree to the call and the league health and safety protocol. yesterday owners voted to implement a 60-game season.

now, players would receive full prorated salaries, which they agreed to back in march. and if this all comes together, opening day would likely be during the final week of july. when "hamilton" gets released on disney plus, it will have a pg-13 rating. people who heard the show or the soundtrack they know they drop the f word several times which would have required a r-rating.. but "hammilton"hamilton" creato swearing down to just one f-word but still a special experience especially for the original cast. this morning on "gma" who plays erin in the musical described what it was like seeing the performance. >> the fact that i now four years later, four years later we get to revisit it and touch that thing that we made that was so much work that went into it and it's a really rare gift. i'm very grateful.

>> and we can all hear more from odom jr. coming to disney plus on july 3rd. the parent company of abc7. >> first of all, leslie odom jr. is a delight and, second, it looks like he lives in a chapel and i'm here for that. and third, he sings my favorite song in the show. wait for it, wait for it. >> i'm excited to see this. >> that's all. >> yep. can't get here soon enough, can it? for those of us who still don't have it and about to get it. look from the exploratorium camera where we have clouds hanging out asand little mist a drizzle. 55 degrees. definitely cool this morning. just like it was yesterday morning and just like yesterday afternoon, going to get warm to hot. so, i hope you liked yesterday. heightened fire and health risk because of the heat, but right now the only advisories are

still up in lake and mendocino counties. the relief will come this weekend for the heat. you can see the weather pattern, looks pretty much the same as yesterday. pressure directing everything away from us that's why we have the warm temperatures. mid to upper 80s in the south bay and even 90 in los gatos and down to the mid 70s as you head north on the peninsula. we'll have 61 to 64 along the coast today whether it's the north bay or the peninsula coast. mid to upper 60s downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. southerly breeze means, excuse me, the air comes off the water and that keeps us pretty calm as far as the heat through the north bay. upper 70s to low 80s and around cloverdale, lake port, not so am up. mid 90s to low 100s there. 71 in richmond and 72 in berkeley. some of the cooler spots. 78 in hercules and 82 in fremont and day two of possibly six days. tonight back in the 50s for most

of us. here's a look at our temperatures as they go up a little bit. wednesday, thursday. they peak friday and then we drop down along the coast saturday and some of the bay and then all of us in the 60s, 70s and 80s by sunday. have a great day. kumasi? >> thanks, mike. happening today, a package of new policies aimed at reducing police violence in santa clara county will be up for a vote. according to "mount view voice" allow the sheriff to review its use of force policies and ban the hiring o with the history of excessive force and possibly even eliminate rubber bullets. the board is expected to vote on these changes later this morning. are you ready? >> friend, i've missed this. i've missed this moment. >> i have, too. although, i do have to say when i turn around to go get the lotion i realize that i kind of like need to stretch it out after i did a death drop yesterday with drew. >> i saw that death drop,

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it's 6:54. if you're just joining us, seven things to know this morning. number one. a live look at the sap center in san jose where starting today you'll get a free covid-19 test if you want it. you don't have to have an appointment. you don't even have to have any symptoms in order to be tested and this site will be open through saturday. number two. san francisco is asking the state for permission to let hair salons, nail salons, tattoo ta parlors, mu zseums, zoos and outdoor bars and swimming pools to reopen monday. it is confident it will get the green light. number three, dr. anthony fauci and other house experts are expected to testify before the house today. number four. family and friends will gather today for the funeral of rayshard brooks. an atlanta police officer shot and killed brooks as he ran away with an officer's taser. the funeral will be held at the same church with martin luther king jr. was mourned. number five. temperatures pretty uniform this

morning. 56 to 60. but look at the summer spread develop at noon. 60 at the coast, 84 inland and get bigger as we head throughout the day. 60 at the coast and 80s to 90s around our bay and inland neighborhoods. number six. the meter lights at the bay bridge toll plaza took the day off yesterday but they are definitely back today. we can take a live look at the toll plaza. you can see that backup. it extends all the way into the maze. so you should expect delays and once you make it through, it will be clear. and number seven. travelers at lax will start seeing thermal imaging cameras. the cameras allow staff to check a person's temperature as soon as they walk into the building and within seconds it sends an alert if somebody has a higher than normal temperature, that person will be sent to a secondary screening. i think that's important, you guys, because you know i flew home to see my family and those flights packed. so, it would be good to know if someone has an elevatored temperature before they try to

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good morning, america. shutdown showdown. cases climbing in at least 23 states across the country. a top doctor in utah warns the state could need a complete shutdown to stop the spread. as dr. anthony fauci and the testy apol hil alizations doubl may in texas. hitting a record high in arizona. one hospital calls for every available nurse in the region and volunteers. president trump forging ahead to arizona for his next rally at a 3,000-person megachurch. this as we learn two more staffers who worked that rally in tulsa tested positive for the virus. and the tense moments on the streets of our nation's capital. police and protesters facing off as they try to tear down a statue of president andrew jackson. news this morning, witnesses