good good morning, america. states and cities taking drastic measures as coronavirus cases spiral higher. coronavirus surge. three straight days of record high cases, florida's staggering numbers, the crackdown on bars. the code red threat level in a texas city and a dire warning. >> we find ourselves careening toward a catastrophic and unsustainable situation. >> masks now mandatory in philly, even as the partying goes on in the midwest. plus, the latest on the nba. faces of covid-19. the nurse now a patient. >> i'll be honest, i'm scared to death. a teenager who fought a brave battle. a family of five stricken, and the man who defied the odds. plus a plea about being socially

responsible. mixed messages. vice president pence optimistic. >> we have made truly remarkable progress. >> meanwhile, anthony fauci urges us to stay the course. the new numbers on the president's approval rating in the midst of this pandemic. nfl player speaking out. colts linebacker darius leonard claiming he was the victim of discrimination after his group was asked to leave a chipotle restaurant. he joins us live this morning. and summer severe storms strike. at least 58 million americans still at risk for dangerous storms this weekend. a reported tornado touching down in florida. giant hail piling up in colorado. heavy rain and strong winds whipping through chicago. our weather team tracking it all. good morning, and let's get right to our top story. as the daily number of confirmed

coronavirus infections in america surges to an all-time high of more than 45,000, two of the largest states, texas and florida, are reversing course and reinstating restrictions as critics say those states may have re-opened the economy too fast. >> if you look at the map, the surge in cases is happening in the sun belt. you see it right there. florida, texas, california leading the way, and check out some of the morning headlines from the newspapers we're seeing this morning. from san francisco, infection spikes putting san francisco's re-opening on hold. from "the houston chronicle," abbott rescales openings and from asheville, north carolina businesses prep to enforce face masks. >> the task force briefed the public for the first time since april, but the president wasn't there, and it wasn't even held at the white house. when vice president pence was asked about the wisdom of holding trump rallies in coronavirus hot spots, he

pointed to the first amendment. we have team coverage this morning, and we begin with our abc's trevor ault in atlanta. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: well, whit, good morning. huge portions of the country are seeing this apparent resurgence of the virus, and it goes well beyond simply more people testing positive. almost half the united states are seeing increasing hospitalizations, and deaths are on the rise in a dozen states. this morning, coronavirus cases surging in parts of the united states. the country logging three straight days of record high totals as the death toll rises above 125,000. despite those figures at friday's coronavirus task force briefing, the first in two months, vice president mike pence touted what he called encouraging news the u.s. was opening safely. >> we have made truly remarkable progress in moving our nation forward. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci warned the u.s. will be seeing more deaths, again urging people to social distance and wear masks.

>> if we want to end this outbreak, really end it, we've got to realize that we are part of the process. >> reporter: florida reporting a staggering 8,900 cases friday. governor ron desantiay will not mandate wearing masks >> we'll trust people to make good decisions. >> reporter: but in miami the mayor is now requiring masks in bars and across the state they're now closed. hitting the street in ft. lauderdale making sure businesses are following rules. texas bars met the same fate, part of a statewide re-opening reversal. restaurants have scaled back capacity, and elective surgerie houston, officials instituted a code red threat level urging everyone to only leave home for groceries or medicine. >> we find ourselves careening toward a catastrophic and unsustainable situation. >> reporter: in arizona, several bars and restaurants are

electing to close to keep crowds away and multiple hospital systems are activating their surge plans. in california, hospitalizations, icu admissions and deaths were all up on friday. >> these trend lines of the last seven days, over the last 14 days, are disturbing. >> reporter: up in washington state, hospitals in several counties are already at capacity. on the other side of the country, philadelphia's now ordering masks to be warn in public. >> first wave of the epidemic appears to be ending but at the same time a second wave is beginning so we all need to be concerned. >> reporter: but in michigan one of the country's largest boat parties continuing as scheduled, police saying they couldn't ci because there's too many people. >> it's a free country. we do what we want to do. >> reporter: overnight the nba announcing the 88-game schedule for when the league is slated to return on july 30th in orlando, though 16 unnamed players have just tested positive.

and these rising cases seem to be shifting the way americans think about the virus. according to the latest abc/ipsos poll a majority think we're opening too quickly and 76%, three in four, say they're concerned about contracting the virus. it is the highest level of concern we've seen in a month. dan. >> people are scared. trevor ault, thank you very much for your reporting. let's focus now on the many families who have been devastated as this virus sweeps through. abc's zohreen shah is on the ground in houston covering the human toll for us. zohreen, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. you are looking at the world's largest medical center right behind me, their icus almost full. officials here calling the outbreak a disaster. this morning, houston residents bracing after getting this alert to take precaution against the coronavirus and that, quote, local hospitals are approaching capacity. t

tanna is in one of those hospitals. she had been saving lives but now a high-risk patient fighting for her own. >> i've seen people die because of it and i'm scared to death. >> reporter: hitting carson lee davis in cypress lake, the varsity athlete successfully battled cancer since age 2 but the coronavirus taking her life this week, just two days after her 17th birthday. in another hot spot over in california, covid-19 infecting nearly 30 members of this south los angeles family. >> i can't talk. >> reporter: this father and son fighting the virus in the same room. dad losing the battle a day before father's day. >> i was able to tell him, dad, i don't think i'm going to make it. and those were my last words to my father. >> reporter: in connecticut this family of five all testing positive. >> when we brought it into the house we wanted it to end in the house and not bring it to anybody else. >> reporter: some patients isolated for months. this california man leaving his orange county hospital after three months. doctors had given david march only a 5% chance of surviving.

>> i thank everybody at st. jude. they're awesome. >> reporter: in phoenix, a former heart transplant patient also beating the odds after contracting the cove in april. was dilater lyo go back to the hospital after experiencing complications. >> the inconvenience of wearing a mask for a few minutes in the supermarket is a small price to pay for somebody else to not catch this. >> reporter: masks are now required in most major texas cities but if you're not wearing one you will not be fined but the business you're in could be. some people call this confusing. eva. >> all right. zohreen, thank you. in san antonio, texas, well over half the city's coronavirus cases have been reported this month alone. earlier we spoke with the city's mayor ron nirenberg. mayor, your city has seen more than 200 people in intensive care and more than 100 are on ventilators. give us a read on what it's like there now. are you concerned about hospitals reaching capacity?

>> we are and that's a stark difference from where we were just a few weeks ago. san antonio had one of the lowest infection rates per capita. we had acted very aggressively, very proactively right from the start of this whole thing but as texas has opened up and gone through the various stages of opening without the benefit of data we've been -- you know, we've been saying it's going too fast and at the same time, we were having our local authority taken away while, you know, the mask wearing and physical distancing has become very politicized so it was a perfect storm where people were encouraged to let their guard down and we're seeing the results of that. >> you said that you had your local authority taken away. explain to us what that means. what do you mean when you say that? >> back in march and into april we had stay-at-home orders in place, very early. the cities of texas, major urban areas worked together, the mayors put in declarations.

around the time of mid-april, the state put their own orders in place stripping local governments from their ability to enforce orders like that. in fact, the state attorney general sent a pretty threatening letter to a few cities like ours that had mask orders in place and so they began to open up texas in a very quick manner without the benefit of data. >> you said you think it's been politicized. do you think governor abbott is responsible for the rising numbers? >> there's been a lot of mixed messaging from washington to the state capital and austin suggesting that, you know, mask wearing is somehow an expression of civil liberty. what we all know from every public health expert, medical expert has been unanimous on what we need to do behavior-wise to slow the spread of coronavirus and one of the things at the top of the list

has always been wearing a face mask so we've encouraged that. we put our public health professionals out front to deliver that message. and, you know, the mixed messaging coming from, you know, various politicians has made it very difficult in cities like ours. >> all right, mayor, thank you so much for talking to us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> that was the thing the mayor wanted people to remember, just wear the mask. it really does help. >> a lot of states grappling with these rising numbers too. thank you, eva. we want to turn to washington where president trump decided to stay at the white house this weekend rather than go as planned to his new jersey golf resort. abc's rachel scott joins us with more on an adviser as well to the president who just announced he tested positive for the virus. rachel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. that's exactly right. white house economist thomas philipson will be leaving his role soon but now revealing he tested positive for covid-19 th works iis month

complex to have tested positive. we know several campaign staffers have tested positive as well. dozens are in quarantine this morning after the president's rally last week, but the vice president still defended those large-scale events. at the first coronavirus task force briefing in nearly two leading health experts making a plea to americans. >> again, to stay six feet apart from each other as much as possible, to wear face coverings when we're in public and to practice vigorous hand hygiene. >> reporter: the vice president pointing to a rise in cases among young americans. >> we're seeing more and more young people under the age of 35 who are testing positive. in many cases they have no symptoms. >> reporter: but just days ago president trump rallied thndofolle ss a ck crcvi presid >> in arizona, one of the hardest hit states, you packed a church with young people who weren't wearing masks so how can

you say that the campaign is not part of the problem that dr. fauci laid out? >> well, i want to remind you again that freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble is enshrined in the constitution of the united states and even in a health crisis the american people don't forfeit our constitutional rights. >> reporter: amid the growing crisis, president trump's disapproval rating now hitting 58%, the highest in three years. back at the white house, the president focussing in on the economy, briefly touching on the crisis. >> we're having some very good numbers coming out in terms of the comeback, the comeback of our nation, and i think it's going very rapidly and it's going to be very good. >> reporter: while president trump has refused to wear a mask publicly, former vice president dick cheney is sending the message loud and clear. his daughter, congresswoman liz cheney, tweeting real men wear masks. the president said he scrapped

wa, but thpr b this weenke lawn here in the nati'sapitallaelpe let's get out of politics for a second and back into facts and medicine. so many questions on that front this morning so let's bring in our chief medical correspondent dr. jen ashton. jen, good morning. let's just start with the fact that there are as we've been reporting some places with rising numbers. they're imposing mask orders like philadelphia. meanwhile the governors of texas and florida are leaving it up to individuals. let's get to the bottom line, though. remind us of what the real purpose of wearing a mask is in public. >> well, remember, dan, this has evolved over the pandemic over the last several months. the purpose, to be crystal clear, is to block the emission of potentially viral particles when we breathe, when we talk, when we laugh, when we sing. those particles can travel over 20 feet and people can be infected and not know it.

so it is mainly for the protection of those around us, although there is a growing body of data that suggests that it may be beneficial for the person wearing it as well, although that is not definitive yet. >> what about the argument that we're hearing from some people that if there's enough testing going on, we don't need to wear a mask. >> dan, i think the analogy there is that's like saying because we have pregnancy tests we don't need birth control. they're completely different. one is a test, it's for diagnosis which is really important in the containment strategy of this virus and this pandemic, and one is potentially for prevention and to slow the spread. no test is 100% accurate. but it is a critical part of containing this virus. >> so just to put a fine point on this, as a medical professional, should we be wearing masks in public, yes or no? >> absolutely, dan.

we heard that dr. fauci implored everyone, it is our individual responsibility, it's our societal responsibility and basically he says you can be part of the problem or we can be part of the solution. >> okay, let's wear our masks, everybody. dr. jen, thank you very much. eva, over to you. starting as early as next week americans could possibly be banned from traveling to 30 european countries. the eu's decision to ban americans from entering europe is likely in response to the recent spike in coronavirus cases in several states. the eu is reportedly planning to allow travelers from other countries that have slowed the spread of the virus, like china where the pandemic began. "the new york times" is reporting that u.s. intelligence found that a russian military unit secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for killing u.s. troops. the report claims that the trump administration has known about this for months and is still deliberating what actions to take. this is fit me russia has been linked to such acts. in 2018 the acting commander of american forces at the time

accused russia of providing firearms to the taliban. abc news has not independently confirmed the report and the russian government denies all allegations to "the new york times." >> if true, an extraordinary story. >> absolutely. let's switch gears here at home. we have severe weather moving from the central u.s. into the major cities in the east. 58 million americans at risk so let's get out to rob who is in norwalk, connecticut, this morning. rob, good morning to you. >> good morning, dan. a tranquil morning to start here but that's going to change as we get towards the afternoon. yesterday we had 130 plus reports of severe weather including one tornado and here it is in sarasota, florida, a beautiful one. no major damage reported, touching down briefly there but a crisp funnel, no doubt about that. look at this hail. that is hail, not snow, accumulating in falcon, colorado, with severe storms, so much so even four-wheel drive cars having a hard time getting

out of the muck. chicago had thunderstorms too. here's a time lapse of the storms rolling in in the afternoon and, whack, that tower cam gets hammered. thank you to our abc station there. ba io e t, this front stretches way into the northeast. there's the warm front. you're seeing the leading edge of thunderstorms getting into pennsylvania, upstate new york and eventually those clusters will roll through the metro areas of pittsburgh, philadelphia, new york and hartford. dama damageing winds, large hail and a good saturday morning. i'm lisa argen. the low cloud deck is with us but it'll peel back to the coast. later on this morning we'll have gusty winds throughout the afternoon today and into your at ire the feto wk. 70 today in oakland, near average down in san jose, about 80. 79 in santa rosa and cooler by about 3 to 5

>> it's been a good year since whit and i celebrated a birthday. we missed ours this week. i felt some emptiness, whit, not being with you on our mutual june 25th birthday. >> i know, it's not the same. >> but you both celebrated in a similar way. >> we socially distanced our celebrations. >> at the beach. >> happy birthday, rob. congratulations on being one of the few people who could be an abercrombie model and member of aarp. >> very nice. been working on that one all week. i like it. i'll take it. >> we all just want to be like you, rob. >> oh, my gosh. >> i'm getting my discount. >> good. >> happy birthday to both of you. >> i can't believe you blew him up like that. >> amazing. >> look at him. how can you not? talk soon, rob. because we are going through such a difficult year -- we're not talking about tion f storie

pele who really good things for others and janai norman has that story. >> these two sisters in boston started letters against isolation enlisting volunteers to write letters to seniors in assisted living and care homes. >> we wanted to spread the love. >> reporter: the idea sparked after speaking with their grandmother. they noticed how much joy letters from friends brought her while self-isolating and in less than three months, the group of volunteers stamping over 15,000 letters. >> something as simple as writing a letter can have enormous impact on their day and make them feel a lot more happy and loved. in california, this couple nbo e concerts from their front porch. ♪ the cello practice on the porch turning into weekly concerts with his wife. neighbors gathering socially distanced in lawn chairs to watch them play. >> actually gotten to meet a lot of our neighbors through this

experience. >> reporter: as the fight for racial justice continues, in connecticut, chelsea o'donnell and amanda gorman are educating their children about the black lives matter movement. gorman making a yard sign with her 7-year-old daughter that read silence equals complicit, black lives matter. and after it was vandalized deciding to create lemonade for change, a lemonade stand raising money to buy books aimed at educating kids in the community about racism and diversity. anthwsas been really heavy lately for the past few months so it is so nice to see these positive, uplifting stories popping up all over the country. guys, back to you. >> absolutely. great story, janai. thank you. we'll talk to you soon. still ahead, nfl linebacker darius leonard says he's the victim of discrimination. he joins us live to talk about what he says happened to him at a chipotle and the chain restaurant's response this morning. why some airlines are changing course and starting to fly full planes during the pandemic.

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no symptoms, appointment or health insurance our needed. you can just walk in and take a quick test regardless of your immigration status, by the way. the site opens today at 9:00 a.m. let's get a check of the weather now with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you. lots of fog here on our east bay hills camera pretty picture, but it's clear in concord, livermore, san jose. it's 61 in san jose. this is san rafael where we're looking at some slow clearing. 57 in napa, look for low 60s, windy in the city with upper 80s inland. >> thanks for joining

it's your time. >> welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. the coronavirus pandemic put love on hold for clare crawley after she was announced as the new bachelorette back in march but this morning, we have some breaking bachelorette news that will have fans seeing roses coming up in our second hour. dan's got the dvr set. >> yes. >> ready to go. ready to binge. >> absolutely. i know my wife has it set. let's just say. just not to annoy the bosses that's all i'll say. >> every rose has its thorn. >> yes. let's take a look at some of the other big stories we're following this morning. happening right now, coronavirus surge. the u.s. seeing three straight days of record high totals. the daily number of confirmed infections reaching more than

45,000. two of the largest states, texas and florida, now reversing course and reinstating restrictions as critics say those states may have re-opened too fast. and europe saying it may not allow americans in because of the spike. also right now, president trump has signed an executive order protecting american monuments, memorials and statues. the veterans memorial preservation act already gives the monuments protection but now the president is basically telling the attorney general to prioritize this. this as overnight six people were arrested as a crowd gathered at a statue of general lee in richmond, virginia, firing paint balls and fireworks at the officers. and show of support. athletes for impact, the nonprofit social action group which includes the boxer laila ali, the nfl's michael bennett and u.s. women's soccer player megan rapinoe, they've published

an open letter praising nascar's bubba wallace for speaking out in support of nascar's confederate flag ban and the black lives matter movement. the group saying, quote, we stand with you, bubba. now, we start this half hour with chipotle suspending one of its managers as it investigates how an nfl player says he was treated at one of the chain's restaurants. darius leonard saying he was racially profiled and kicked out. we'll be talking with him in a moment. but first here's abc's zachary kiesch with more on this story. good morning, zachary. >> reporter: eva, good morning to you as well. despite the marches and calls for justice it's debatable whether there's been any real changes in this country in regards to the way that we see and treat each other. according to this nfl ball player, he says this is just the latest example of what it means to be black in a >> a little better. pass is intercepted. it's guess who again, leonard. >> reporter: nfl linebacker darius leonard says he was kicked out of a florence, south carolina chipotle claiming he is the victim of discrimination. >> they said they was going to call the police.

they wanted to call the police on us. >> reporter: according to leonard his group was finishing up when they were asked to leave by the manager. leonard says he and his group which included four other people of color were eating and having a casual conversation when a white customer allegedly felt threatened. >> a white guy said that we was verbally abusing him, talking trash to him and, you know, it was basically a lie. >> reporter: this morning, chipotle has suspended the manager involved. the company's chairman and ceo released a statement saying, we have a zero tolerance policy for discrimination of any kind. i've personally reached out to darius and i'm committed to ensuring the appropriate action is taken once the investigation concludes. [ crowd chanting ] for weeks now millions have marched in protest of police brutality and systemic racism. >> that's what being black in america right now, us not even doing anything wrong, going out to eat with your family just trying to spend a little bit of quality time and can't enjoy eating anymore.

>> reporter: now, the indianapolis colts did release a statement essentially saying darius' experiences reflect the struggles that so many other black americans and people of color experience every day in this country. whit. >> all right, zachary kiesch thank you so much. darius leonard, linebacker for the indianapolis colts, is joining us now live to talk about all this. thank you so much for speaking with us this morning. first i want to go back to how this all started at the chipotle. you say that a manager told you that a white customer felt threatened by you. did you have any interaction or conversation with that customer? >> no. i mean, we walked in. we saw the white customer but, no, we didn't even acknowledge that he was sitting there. we sat away from him, didn't say nothing to him so i think that's why, you know, that's why this story seems a little crazy because, you know, for someone to just go out and say something

of that nature for absolutely no , to d still unbeagcking first raised the possibility of calling the police that you called it scary and that you started thinking about your wife and your child. what was going through your mind in that moment? >> you know, once he said anything about the police, the first thing that came to my mind was, you know, my wife and my little girl and i was like, well, you know, seeing all the things that's on social media of, you know, the police and everything, my first thought that came to my mind was i'm not making it back home to them. so, you know, it's crazy that you have to think like that now when, you know, something of that nature, something -- the police or anything getting involved with an african-american is very scary, you know, just to even sit down

and think about, you know, leaving your house and making it back in one piece. >> and just to be clear here, you believe that you're a victim of discrimination and racism here, right? i mean, like it was a group of african-americans sitting there, absolutely didn't say nothing to anyone that was outside, and for us to just, you know, get -- come up with the manager, the way he came, his tone, his demeanor and everything, you know, we felt like we was very disrespected, and he was like, the white guy said that y'all verbally abused him, and we knew we didn't say not one word to the guy. we didn't even look at the guy, so, you know, we felt like that efity ly ow, very disrespected. >> darius, quickly because we're running out of time but the manager at the chipotle was

suspended and the ceo of chipotle says that he reached out to you personally. what did he say to you? >> he basically said all the things that he was supposed to say. like i told the manager, i told the ceo, i'm like, you know, he told me he had three kids. i said, you know, talk to me as a father, put one of your kids in my shoes and then talk to me as a father. i mean, everything he was saying, you know, politically correct, you know, we have zero tolerance of discrimination and this and that. i was like, i'm not trying to hear that. i want you to talk to me as a father and putting your child in my shoes and then realize what i really just went through and, you know and he basically said, yeah, what you went through was a horrible thing. it sucks talking to the ceo because, you know, only thing he was basically doing was apologizing because he had to

and i'm like, yo, i don't just want an apology. i want a step in the right direction to show that chipotle is not a racial -- racist organization. i want to see more diverse things in the community, you know, stuff like that, something that can show that we're taking this step in the right direction. >> all right, darius, thank you for sharing your story and adding to this important conversation happening across the country right now. thank you. dan. >> he clearly wants more out of chipotle. let's switch gears and get the weather. as we said earlier, there's some breaking news in the weather department involving some severe weather and rob marciano is out there in norwalk, connecticut. hey, rob, good morning once again. >> good morning, dan. that's typically one of our weather headlines but this week we had a weather headline involving dust and we spoke about it last weekend. saharan dust, saharan air layer, s.a.l. we like to call it, of and sometimes comes to a place like new orleans.

look at that, it's knocking down the sun decreasing air quality and does decrease hurricane activity. that's good. across the hurricane zones but this red indicates that some of it will get up into minneapolis but thpoor a qat'sck on tional weather he good morning to you. nice and sunny in our east bay and you've been enjoying slightly cooler readings. today that continues. we'll look at numbers in the mid and upper 80s from our >> this weather report >> this weather report sponsored by king's hawaiian. sweet rolls and the barbecue grill would be good today. guys, back to you. >> rob, is that an abercrombie shirt you're wearing, just to be clear? >> no, this is -- i only wear technical stuff. we don't like to wear cotton. coming up on "good morning america" flying full. the airlines lifting the air restrictions on blocking off those middle seats. stay with us.

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