"america this morning." have a good one. right now on "america this morning," disturbing surge. the new warning from dr. ant fauci about the next two weeks as more states see a rise in the number of people being hospitalized with coronavirus. we hear from patients getting infected from activities considered low risk. not a crime. the new revelation about the noose found in nasa driver bubba wallace's garage. the fbi saying it had been hanging there for months. what wallace said overnight about that announcement. accusations of restaurant racism. >> that white kid out there, he here with his tennis shoes on his and his athletic shirt. >> an outpouring of support and outrage after a black boy is

denied service because of his clothes. why his mother calls it unfair. the cost of water on the rise. why millions of americans are unable to afford their monthy bill. getting thrifty. the explosion and demand for secondhand clothes. >> and catty comments. why women are less likely to date a man if there's a cat in the picture. good wednesday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we begin with more troubling news about the coronavirus. >> in testimony to congress, dr. anthony fauci said he is seeing a, quote, disturbing surge of cases in parts of the country and warned we do not have the virus under control. >> president trump at a rally in arizona last night struck a different tone. abc's zohreen shah begins our coverage. >> reporter: this morning the country's top doctors preparing the u.s. for a covid-19 resurgence. >> we are now seeing a disturbing surge of infections. >> this fall and winter is going to be difficult, and we need to be prepared for it. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci

and cdc director robert redfield warning congress about a troubling trend with coronavirus hospitalizations on the rise in 21 states. >> the next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings that we're seeing in florida, in texas, in arizona and in other states. we are still in the middle of a serious outbreak. there's no doubt about that. >> reporter: just hours after the dire warning, president trump hitting the campaign trail addressing a crowd of thousands in phoenix claiming the country is through the worst of the pandemic. >> we're doing so well after the plague. it's going away. >> reporter: the president once again referencing the virus with a racial slur. >> it's got all different names, wuhan. wuhan was catching on. coronavirus, right? kung flu, yeah. >> reporter: that eruption of cheers coming from a jam-packed room with no social distancing

and with few exceptions, no masks. >> the person feels like they don't need to wear masks, i don't think they should be forced to wear a mask. >> reporter: with arizona now facing a record number of case, one doctor is condemning the rally calling it a superspreader event. >> mass gathering at this time is not safe. >> reporter: arizona is one of more than a dozen states struggling to keep up with the surge of patients. in one part of washington state hospitals are filling up. icu beds now nearing capacity. >> this is a scary situation. >> reporter: in texas authorities reporting more than 5,000 cases in 24 hours. >> the safest place for you is at your home. >> reporter: and in florida, the governor is blaming overcrowded bars and restaurants for the state's recent uptick. >> if you go in and it's just like mayhem like dance party usa and it's packed to the rafters, that's just cut and dried and that's not just an innocent mistake. >> reporter: victims of the virus are now warning young people the illness can have devastating effects. >> the coughing is so bad, i cough up blood. >> reporter: some saying they

got sick from even low risk activities. >> we never ate out. we didn't touch anything. we always sanitized everything, but, you know, my whole family got it. >> reporter: it comes as major league baseball finally reaches a new agreement for a 60-game season hoping to play ball starting july 23rd, but as more of the u.s. re-opens, a stark message from the european on jan considering a ban on travel from the u.s. due to the spread of the virus here. with cases in many states going up there is more evidence across state infections. 14 ohio students just tested positive after a trip to myrtle beach, south carolina. kenneth, mona. >> zohreen, thank you. some tense moments outside president trump's campaign rally in phoenix. explosions were heard when police faced off with protesters in the street. police say officers used flashbangs and pepper spray to break up the crowd which they say had moved outside a designated protest area and they

say two people in the crowd assaulted two officers. former president barack obama hit the campaign trail at a virtual fund-raiser for joe biden bringing in $7.6 million. obama urged democrats to learn from 2016 saying they can't be complacent. he suggested republican lawmakers will never abandon president trump. >> what we have seen over the last couple of years is a white house enabled by republicans in congress and a media structure that supports them that suggests facts don't matter, science doesn't matter, suggests that a deadly disease is fake news. >> obama also warned democrats that there's a fierce backlash against change. primary election results in new york city are showing what could be a big upset for one of the most powerful democrats on

capitol hill. veteran congressman eliot engel, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, but early results show him trailing his progressive challenger jamaal bowman endorsed by alexandria ocasio-cortez. some people pounded on the windows of a polling station after it closed. they waited in line for hours outside the kentucky expo center which was the only polling site in louisville, a city of 600,000 people. dozens were left outside when it closed. a judge then extended voting hours by 30 minutes. a louisville police officer has been fired for his role in the death of breonna taylor back in march. brett hankison was among the officers who opened fire in taylor's apartment during an overnight drug raid using a no knock warrant. taylor, a black emt, was shot eight times. no drugs were ever found. so far no charges have been filed in that case. no criminal charges will be filed against an investigation

into a noose found in a garage used by nascar driver bubba wallace. authorities say wallace was not the target of a hate crime because the noose, which was used to pull the garage down had, been inside that garage since last october. abc news has obtained this video showing a rope fashioned into a noose at the same talladega speedway garage used by wallace's team. wallace spoke about the incident last night on cnn. >> he's like, bubba, this isn't something that can be done within a second of just tying a knot and being on the way. this is something that took time. >> so what are you saying here? are you saying that you don't believe -- do you believe that it was intended for you in that way or -- what are you saying here? >> it was a noose. it was a noose that -- whether tied in 2019 or whatever, it was a noose, so it wasn't directed at me, but somebody tied a noose. that's what i'm saying. >> nascar says its investigation is not over and wants to know

why a noose was in the garage in the first place. now to a restaurant confrontation. a black mother and her son were denied service because the child's clothing did not meet the dress code standard but the mother's video shows a white child in that same restaurant wearing very similar clothes. this morning a baltimore restaurant is apologizing after video showed a black woman and her son being denied service. >> i don't want you to sympathize with me. i just want you to tell me why it's different for my son. >> reporter: in this video a manager claimed 9-year-old dallas and his mom marcia had to leave because dallas was in violation of its dress code. marcia then turns her camera to a white child who appears to be leaving after being served dressed in athletic clothing similar to dallas'. >> that white kid out there, he here with his tennis shoes on and his athletic shirt. >> we have to be allowed tennis shoes but not athletic shoes. shorts and t-shirts. >> reporter: the manager has since been placed on indefinite leave, and the owners of the restaurant released a statement saying they, quote, are sickened by this incident adding, quote,

we know we failed in this instance and sincerely hope we can be afforded the opportunity to meet with marcia grant and her son. the restaurant revised its dress code saying anyone under 12 is exempt from its policies. and later on "good morning america," marcia will tell their story during an exclusive interview. time now for a look at your wednesday morning weather. temperatures near 120 degrees today will pose an extra challenge for fire crews in arizona. air tankers were used to knock down the small fire in phoenix that forced hundreds of people to evacuate. on the radar right now, plenty of rain from texas to the carolinas. houston is under a flash flood watch this morning. more than half a foot of rain could fall there, and checking today's high temperatures, 70s around the great lakes and along the west coast. humid and still very warm in the northeast today. coming up, what's happening

to all those suitcases that go unclaimed at the airport. >> also ahead, a legal victory for bill cosby. how his wife is reacting. but first breaking news overnight, big news in the world of health care. a decision that will force hospitals to disclose more information about the prices they charge.

welcome back. hospitals will soon be required to make public the prices they negotiate with insurance companies for your treatment. the new price disclosure rule is set to go into effect in january now that a federal court has upheld the trump administration's order. president trump tweeted overnight calling it a, quote, big victory for patients. if your water bill is much higher than it used to be, well, you're not alone.

a new study looked at 12 cities in the u.s. and found the price of water and sewage rose by 80% in the last decade. the biggest increase was in austin, texas, where the study found the average annual water bill is $1,400. we turn to the high stakes testimony on capitol hill today. a federal prosecutor is expected to tell congress that roger stone, a close ally of president trump, was given special treatment before his sentencing. abc's alex presha has more. >> reporter: this morning the justice department under fire accused of giving a more lenient sentence to roger stone, president trump's longtime friend who was convicted of lying to congress. >> roger, what is the message you want to send to the committee today? >> the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> reporter: aaron zelinsky is set to testify on capitol hill today. in his prepared remarks obtained by abc news, zelinskyiltell lawmakers he saw favorable treatment for stone with his own eyes and, quote, i was told that the acting u.s. attorney for the district of columbia, timothy shea, was receiving heavy pressure from the highest levels

of the department of justice to cut stone a break adding that he was told that shea was afraid of the president. in response the justice department issued a statement saying mr. zelinsky's alles concern asarsay at best, not firsthand knowledge. zelinsky and his team recommended that stone receive between seven and nine years in president but following tweets from president trump describing the recommendations as a miscarriage of justice attorney general william barr stepped in reversing the team's recommendation. stone was ultimately sentenced to three years. stone is scheduled to report to a federal prison in georgia next week. now, the president hasn't said whether he'll pardon stone, but he did recently say that stone can, quote, sleep well at night. kenneth and mona. >> thank you, alex. bill cosby's wife says there's hope that her husband will be vindicated. the pennsylvania state supreme court has agreed to hear the appeal of his sexual assault conviction.

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equitable chapter in the city's history. jimmy kimmel has apologized for using blackface in his comedy sketches in the 1990s. the abc host says he's evolved since his impersonations of nba star karl malone and other black celebrities acknowledging his delay in addressing the issue was a mistake. kimmel said, quote, we hired makeup artists to make me look as much like karl malone as possible. i never considered that this might be seen as anything other than an imitation of a fellow human being. looking back many of these sketches are embarrassing and it's frustrating that these thoughtless moments have become a weapon used by some to diminish my criticisms of social and other injustices. we return now to the coronavirus and dr. anthony fauci warning about a disturbing surge of infections. earlier i spoke with dr. laleh gharahbaghian and asked her about the new guidance regarding nail salons.

texas and california just broke single day records for the rise in cases and some hospitals in parts of arizona, florida and washington state say they're overwhelmed. what is your assessment of where we are in fighting this virus and what are we doing wrong? >> shelter in place helped. guidelines for diagnosing and testing and that increased testing capacity has helped. the research that is under way for treatment is helping, but we still must protect each other. what we're doing wrong, i think, there is a multitude of different things that everyone is trying to mitigate. first of all, as a people of this country, we can't go out when we're sick. we must wear a mask. we must keep physical distancing. we must wash hands, not touch our face, and we have to really be diligent at that. if there's any group of us that don't do that, then all of us are at risk. >> dr. fauci says our actions in the next couple of weeks will be critical. what's your take on what lies ahead of us and what needs to be done? >> well, we're already seeing what lies ahead as shelter in

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30 days and see the difference. making news at 4:27, warriors head coach steve kerr joins the push to get rid of school police in oakland. school leaders may take the step toward that today floop and. and a national poll reveals what americans think about president trump's response to the pandemic. and the pandemic forced many companies to layoff thousands and the city of san francisco is taking emergency act to protect some of those jobs. good morning, happy wednesday, welcome to the day. let's check in with mike nicco if a look for a look ahead. >> good morning, kumasi. how about you? >> we're matching with our green. >> how about that, yes.

i like it. i don't get to wear it at work, you know, because of the green screen behind me. the maps would show on top of me. so i get to wear all my green now. so expect to see more of it. hi, everybody. welcome to wednesday. let's take a look at the wednesday will tell the tale of what will happen today. that and the marine layer. 20-mile-per-hour wind up in fairfield, so not as strong as yesterday. but the marine layer is just a little deeper, so look for more clouds in more neighborhoods this morning. but there is drier air outside, so i think the marine layer is going away faster. and that will lead to slightly warmer conditions. a coupkooucouple degrees above yesterday. 72 in richmond, 82 palo alto. upper 80s in the south bay, north way and east bay. more can oming up. and happening today, the oakland unified school district will vote on a measure to

eliminate its school police force. and supporters have a popular voice joining them in the push to make it happen. jlian glover is live with more on this. >> reporter: very popular voice joining their calls after extensive push back from tunit f george floyd and heavy debate by the school district, it looks like the school board could be passing the george floyd resolution which would dismantle the oakland school police department today. ousd is one of the only in the bay area with its own police force. the 50 unarmed security guards cost the city $6 million a year. and activists have been vocal in their calls to end it. and they led protests like one tuesday night where warriors head coach steve kerr joined in. >> you got to listen to the people in our communities, they are the ones w