>> where was the good morning, america. covid crisis. as nine states hit new record highs, scenes like these unfold from michigan to minnesota and missouri over the holiday weekend. parties packed with few masks as the outbreak shows no signs of slowing down. florida now pass and texas and arizona face record hospitalizations. as the president falsely claims that 99% of cases are, quote, totally harmless, now the new concerns. hundreds of scientists say they believe the virus is airborne and can linger in the air. one of the nation's leading health experts joins us this morning. breaking overnight. the coronavirus claiming the life of 41-year-old broadway actor nick cordero after a valiant 95-day fight. his wife amanda's emotional message as the world remembers .

>>prident trump downplays the pandemic using his fourth of july speeches to focus on the culture wars, saying the enemy is not the virus but americans protesting injustice, calling them part of a new far left fascism as kanye announces he's running for president. what's behind this latest stunt. a massive outbreak of gun violence over the weekend, 75 people shot in chicago. more than a dozen killed. 55 shot in new york, and in atlanta, an 8-year-old killed near the memorial for rayshard brooks. >> enough is enough. enough is enough. >> the call for answers this morning. waking up behind bars. ghislaine maxwell, the friend of jeffrey epstein, now facing charges, prepares to head back to court as we learn new details about her past and why one alleged victim says prince andrew should be panicking.

wild weather coast to coast. the fast-moving wildfire forcing evacuations in california and flash floods and high winds wreaking havoc in the east. and major league concerns. dozens of baseball and basketball players testing positive for covid-19. the outbreak shutting down nba facilities overnight just before teams report to the nba bubble in orlando. now one of the nba stars, j.j. redick, joins us live. and we certainly do say good morning, america. hope everybody had a wonderful weekend. we appreciate you joining us this monday morning. so many questions. what's going to happen with the nba? the pelicans' j.j. redick is going to join us live coming up in our next half hour, gentlemen. >> and robin, hope you had a good holiday weekend as well. what's happening in the nba, one of many developments in the coronavirus crisis. we want you to

take a look at these scenes from the holiday weekend. you see packed beaches and bars which are raising new concerns about the outbreak as the u.s. continues to set records. the total caseload now approaching 3 million. florida, one of the hardest hit states as you know, and there you see cars lining up early at covid testing sites in orlando this morning where cases are soaring. >> all across the country, 37 states now reporting an increase in new infections. there have been more than 48,000 reported cases in just the last 24 hours and now hundreds of scientists are sounding the alarm telling the world health organization, robin, they believe the virus is airborne. >> t.j., as you can imagine that's raising a lot of questions about just how this virus spreads. will reeve is in orlando starting us off with the latest. good morning, will. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it was a record holiday weekend here in florida. over 21,000 cases confirmed here and nationwide, images from the fourth of july causing alarm as the virus spreads. this fourth of july weekend

americans gathering nationwide amid the pandemic. in diamond lake, michigan, hundreds of partiers jammed together, no masks in sight. social distance protocols apparently ignored. thousands lining the beaches of delaware and new jersey, lake minnetonka in minnesota and the lake of the ozarks in missouri packed with people but elsewhere over the holiday weekend, safety measures observed like this new hampshire beach. busy but spread out. this morning, the number of covid-19 cases in the u.s. continues to rise. 37 states reporting increases. on saturday, president trump attributing the rising cases to increased testing, but saying that most cases are, quote, totally harmless. >> we have tested almost 40 million people. by so doing we show cases, 99% of which are totally harmless. >> reporter: that statement not

backed by officials as hospitalization numbers grow. this weekend, florida setting another record with more than 21,000 new cases reported, those numbers similar to new york at its worst. >> people are dying. people are getting sick. a disease we right now are still trying to find out how to even find a cure for it. >> reporter: state representative chervin jones contracted covid-19 and said florida leaders need to make a change before it's too late. others states reaching grim milestones. texas hitting a record number of hospitalizations this past weekend. >> we don't have room to experiment, nor should we wait for all the hospital beds to fill and all these people to die before we take drastic action. >> reporter: in houston, texas medical center reports icu capacity is at 98%. in california the l.a. county health director says there might not be enough beds for a covid surge requesting hospitals implement decompression plans to handle the stress on capacity. hospitalizations in arizona have

hit a record high. the mayor of phoenix lamenting the state's re-opening plan. >> we opened way too early in arizona. we were one of the last states to go to stay-at-home and one of the first to re-emerge. >> reporter: and at the university of washington, which last tuesday reported 38 cases in several fraternity houses, seeing that number more than triple in less than a week. students urged to take precautions. >> we're all getting tested this week. >> reporter: a penn state student dying of respiratory failure over the weekend. 21-year-old juan garcia tested positive just ten days ago. now the school trying to trace his contacts. while the school plans to open this fall in a limited fashion, others like the university of arizona are rethinking their return. >> if i had to say today would we open, no. >> reporter: and on sunday, broadway actor nick cordero, who has been fighting against coronavirus since march, passing away at 41. his wife amanda kloots saying on instagram, quote, i am in disbelief and hurting everywhere. my heart is broken as i cannot

imagine our lives without him. people began lining up at this site here in orlando at around 4:30 in the morning. it's scheduled to open at 8:00 a.m. but cars have been streaming in. hopefully there is capacity for everyone. this site runs 200 tests per hour for a total of 1,400 tests per day. george. >> thank you, will. we want to welcome back now dr. ashish jha. he's director of the harvard global health institute. thanks for joining us again this morning. there was so much concern as we head into the holiday weekend given what we saw after memorial day. what's your take on how the country did? >> i thought the country did reasonably well. a lot of places, people were out and i did see a good amount of people wearing masks. of course, it wasn't as universal, george, as i had hoped and wished it was, but, you know, i think july 4th weekend people need to -- wanted to get out and enjoy themselves a little bit and i thought overall the nation did pretty well but, of course, the number of cases continue to rise in many, many parts of the country

so that's an ongoing concern. >> the president keeps repeating that claim, the false claim that the rise in cases is due to testing. but he's now adding that 99% of cases are totally harmless. what are the facts there? >> yeah, so the facts on this are really quite clear that the reason we're seeing an increase is because we're seeing an increase in infections, not because we're doing more testing. 99% of cases are not harmless. 10% of people end up getting hospitalized. if you are hospitalized it's certainly not harmless. a chunk of those people end up spending quite a bit of time in the icu and some proportion of people end up dying so it's not harmless for any of those folks. i don't know why the president says that but it's clearly not true. >> even with the spread of cases so far, though, the death rates are flat or even declining in some places. is that largely because we're seeing younger cases? >> there are a couple of explanations. the biggest one, of course, is that death lags, that people get infected.

then they get sick enough to be hospitalized and then doctors and nurses do an extremely good job keeping people alive and most people when they go to the hospital do survive but it takes a while before people end up dying. so i do expect the number of deaths to unfortunately start ticking back up in many states. the fact that it's a younger population also does help lower the mortality and then last but not least we are getting better at treating the disease and so people may spend weeks in the icu but come out of it alive and they're still quite sick but at least the death statistics suggest that they're getting better. >> hoping you can break down this warning we're seeing now from more than 200 scientists around the world to the w.h.o. saying basically they want the w.h.o. to take this idea that airborne transmission is more serious than the w.h.o. has said. they say it's more possible that these smaller droplets of air can linger in the air and pass on the infection. >> yeah, so i think the evidence on this is pretty good and the scientists are right and w.h.o.

i think is being way too slow on this. the issue, george, is this, there are two ways we think about transmission from people. one is through droplets when you sneeze or cough. the second is through aerosols, when we speak or when we sing. first of all, that distinction is a little bit of an academic one. it isn't always so clear whether it is aerosolized or through droplets but the implications are important and one of them is that we're seeing so much transmission indoors where people are close to each other that i think there's pretty clear evidence now that there is aerosolized transmission and the implication is people should be wearing masks when indoors even if they're socially distanced from each other. >> it takes us back to the same place. masks are just mandatory now. >> look, we have a long way to go in this pandemic and if we want our economy open, if we want our lives back, a fundamental part of that is going to be wearing masks. i feel it's a cheap and easy

thing to do. i don't know why we as a country haven't really made this a national goal. we really should. >> dr. jha, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you, george. and as the cases of coronavirus soar, the president downplaying the pandemic during the fourth of july celebrations, instead, spending time focusing on culture wars. our terry moran has more from washington for us. good morning to you, terry. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. it was a very different fourth of july, not just because of the pandemic canceled parades but also because the president on a day when other presidents have chosen to try to unite the country around shared values, as you say decided to make a couple of back-to-back dark, blistering speeches, divisive, in which he identified the real threat to the country, his political opponents. at the white house on the fourth of july, the president vowing to protect the country from what he claims is the real threat, americans protesting injustice and bringing down controversial monuments.

>> we will never allow an angry mob to tear down our statues, erase our history, indoctrinate our children or trample on our freedoms. >> reporter: statues did fall. in baltimore, where a statue of christopher columbus was toppled from its pedestal and thrown into the harbor. back in the capital, an independence day standoff played out at the foot of the washington monument. trump supporters clashing with protesters. [ crowd chanting ] the president took aim at protesters in back-to-back speeches over the holiday weekend. the first at mt. rushmore. >> their goal is not a better america, their goal is to end america. >> reporter: there the president addressed thousands of supporters amid the ongoing pandemic. few wearing masks. at the white house, trump who often talks about the virus going away or disappearing, downplaying the threat again based on increased testing. but the coronavirus is still hitting close to home for the

president. his son don junior's girlfriend kimberly guilfoyle has tested positive. we should add that donald trump jr. has tested negative. kimberly guilfoyle will isolate for a couple of weeks. she tweeted that she looks forward to a speedy recovery so she can resume working to elect president trump. t.j.? >> and terry, before we let you go, another name getting into the race for president and this is a big name but a surprising name possibly. >> reporter: kanye west has thrown his hat in the ring, t.j. he's been talking about running for president for awhile. he is a little late to the game. he's got to get some kind of program together but i think really these are very serious times, serious issues the country is facing, some very significant problems. it's unlikely he's going to find much traction but you never know. t.j. >> we've learned that. you never know. terry, good to see you. thanks so much. robin? >> okay, t.j. now we have the latest on those fires that are sparking

evacuations out west. the dry wind fueling nearly 50 wildfires. ginger has the latest for us. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, robin. those were large wildfires. there were hundreds of fires sparked by fireworks over the weekend. as you can imagine, very dry and gusting wins then you get this, the soledad fire rapidly growing east of santa clarita, north of los angeles. zero percent contained. temporarily shut down the antelope valley freeway. evacuations in the 200 to 300-people mark. now we have the gilroy fire in northern california. that's 1,000 acres. 15% contained and two structures burned. so you know there is a problem and i heard them last night, people still set off fireworks post. i would not do that if you're in nevada, southern california, colorado, arizona and into utah, because there are red flag warnings. you're going to have gusty winds. speaking of, 60-mile-per-hour winds with rain in pasadena, maryland. 19 people injured in a garage there.

today the storms from harrisburg, pennsylvania, to the jersey shore. george? >> thanks very much. we're going to get the latest now on that eruption of gun violence across the country. dozens shot in new york, chicago and atlanta over the weekend, some of the victims 7 and 8 years old. steve osunsami is in atlanta where a young girl was killed near a memorial for rayshard brooks. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. this is one of several american cities where an alarming number of people were shot up in the streets over the weekend. authorities are pointing out that many of these communities that are struggling with the stresses of covid-19 are also struggling with an alarming increase in homicides. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: atlanta's mayor says she is fed up with the violence on her city streets in the wake of the protests over the policing of black americans and says her heart is broken over the shooting death of an 8-year-old girl saturday night. >> we're fighting the enemy within when we are shooting each other up on our streets. in this city, you shot and killed a baby.

>> reporter: secoriea turner was shot near here, outside the wendy's parking lot where 27-year-old rayshard brooks was killed at the hands of a white police officer last month. people with long gun have taken over the restaurant and the street in front of it and police let it happen. the girl was shot by someone there while riding in a car with her mother and another adult. >> this random wild, wild west, shoot 'em up because you can, it's got to stop. it has to stop. >> reporter: the people in charge of the area are blocking roads with barricades and their guns. the restaurant has become a memorial to rayshard brooks and people trying to peacefully demonstrate still visit it. >> if you want people to take us seriously and you want -- you don't want us to lose this movement, then we can't lose each other. >> reporter: across the country

this july 4th weekend, a large amount of violence in american cities and many victims are young children. a 7-year-old girl was killed while playing outside with other children in chicago where 75 people were shot this weekend. 15 of them died. an 11-year-old boy was shot and killed in washington, d.c., and in new york over the holiday weekend, 51 people were the victims of gun violence including two new york city police officers. there are many here in the city who feel that there's a sense of lawlessness happening and they blame the mayor and the district attorney who they feel have prosecuted cops, gone after police officers and attempted to defund parts of the atlanta police department budget. at the same time, this same mayor is being accused by the other side of not doing enough to push in police reforms. an 8-year-old girl was caught in the middle of all of this. t.j. >> all right, steve, thank you so much. we want to turn now to what was pretty much a scary scene in indianapolis at a nascar race. we do need to let you know first

everybody was okay but this started out as a wreck, a pileup during a caution, but what you'll see is one of the pit crew members there gets d . you see him scoot off. he was okay ultimately but a scary scene at nascar over the weekend. >> boy, that sure was scary. we are following a lot of other headlines this morning, including some major concerns for the nba. a dozen players have tested positive days before they were supposed to head to orlando. j.j. redick will join us live. first let's go back to ginger. you know what, flash flooding in minneapolis over the weekend and severe storms with damaging wind possible in that swath. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, the select cities sponsored by amazon.

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concerns this morning after scenes like these at beaches over the weekend. packed crowds not wearing masks. this comes as hundreds of scientists warn they believe the virus is airborne and transmitted much more easily. and there are new developments in the case of vanessa guillen who vanished in april. her family says the army identified her remains. this morning, one of the suspects in her disappearance is due in court. and this morning, tributes pouring in for broadway star nick cordero, the 41-year-old passing away after a long battle dealing with coronavirus. james iglehart tweeting you were a wonderful man, a wonderful husband. the happiest dad i knew. this was a story we followed closely and got positive updates about him. so really sad to see this news about nick. >> when his wife amanda went on social media yesterday to tell everybody, it was heartbreaking. thank you. we do have the latest on the

return of sports. nba teams will start to head to orlando tomorrow but they're t the lwkee bucks, dn backs. thrutest results. this comes after dozens of basketball and baseball players have already tested positive. now some are opting out of the shortened seasons. trevor ault has the latest. he joins us this morning from yankee stadium. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: robin, good morning. you know, just like the entire country's efforts to get back to business, there have already been several errors and adjustments for professional athletes. the yankees hoping to avoid that surge have been training here in the bronx. with leagues now set to return within days, some of the top names in sports say right now the risk is just not worth it. ovt n teamsrepa ams shutting the sacramento kings and milwaukee bucks closing their buildings after members of their staffs tested positive for covid-19.

it's just the latest setback in the world of sports as major league baseball is warming up for the start of the season. there are mounting concerns as to whether the league is ready for the first pitch in the midst of a global pandemic. >> we want to play and it's going to come down to how safe are we going to be? >> reporter: with baseball set to begin its season in just a couple weeks, 31 mlb players from 19 teams have tested positive for covid-19 while every team returned for training camp on friday. not everyone is completely confident the league is ready to play ball. including superstar mike trout, whose wife is pregnant. >> honestly still don't feel comfortable. >> reporter: among baseball's new rules testing for covid every other day, no high-fives, hugs and nonplaying personnel are required to wear masks in

the dugout and bullpen but for some high-profile players these measures don't go far enough. the nationals' ryan zimmerman and david price and felix hernandez already announcing they're sitting out the shortened season citing health concerns for their families. >> these are grown men. they have to speak to their own truth and how they feel about things. >> reporter: and players in the nba have also expressed their unease. so far 25 basketball players have tested positive. now teams will begin reporting to orlando on tuesday even as florida has seen a record number of cases. players and staff from all 22 teams participating will be sequestered in a so-called bubble at the espn wide world of sports complex at the walt disney world resort. league officials hoping that will keep teams safe but some players are unsure. and overnight, another sport taking a pretty big step towards returning, the national hockey league and its players union reached ang agreement to start playing again later this summer in canada and major league soccer two days away from playing matches.

already one of them has been postponed after eight players tested positive. robin. >> all right, trevor, our thanks to you. joining us now is new orleans pelicans guard j.j. redick, a 14-year veteran of the nba. i can't believe it's been 14 years. it seems like it was only yesterday we were watching you play college ball at duke. j.j., thank you for getting up and being with us this morning. tell us the thought process behind your decision opting to play. >> sure. for each individual guy i think it is a very personal decision. for me, you know, i feel like i have responsibility to do my job. i have responsibility to my teammates. i have a responsibility to the league and the well-being of the league and the well-being of the future generation. i think also for me and a lot of guys, what basketball represents is normal and what so many americans want is some return to normal and i know in bringing back sports, there's a component of normalcy for the fan and, look, that's important for us as players.

we want to have, you know, go back to our livelihood and the thing we love doing and we want to give the fans something to watch. >> and there's so many fans who are eager to see you back but you know there are folks who are also saying this should not take place. what do you say to those who feel that nobody should be playing at this point, j.j.? >> i think they have a valid point. i've said this all along in all these debates about whether we should be playing, whether so and so player should play, whether i should play, i think there's no right answer and i think there's no wrong answer. i think there's truth in everybody's feeling right now. this is an unprecedented time in our country. this is an unprecedented time for nearly every sports league. i think you have to go back to world war ii to find this level of disruption for sports leagues so this is something we're all experiencing in realtime. we all make those decisions. i don't think it's wrong to say we shouldn't play.

we're going to try to play. we're trying to make the best of a bad situation. i think our leadership at the league office with adam silver and leadership with our union, michele roberts, gary temple, chris paul, they've done an amazing job in trying to create an environment where we can go play basketball and as best we can only worry about basketball but that's obviously going to be very difficult. >> and you mention that and appreciate how up front you have been in saying while you are opting to play, that you said, quote, no comfort level in what you do. so explain to people what you mean by that. >> sure. look, we're going to have great digs in orlando. we're going to stay at a great hotel. we're going to play in nice gyms. i'm sure we'll have nice food. that's not the type of comfort i was referring to. comfort implies ease, ease of thought, ease of feelings. when i think of what's going on in our country right now, i

think of distress, i think of grief. so we're going to orlando which is a covid hot spot and we're trying to limit the inflow and outflow of people into that bubble. we're isolated and away from our families. there's social unrest, political unrest, there's all these things going on in our country. and, look, we have to do our job and try to focus on playing basketball to the best we can, but we realize there's way more important things going on in our country right now. >> and you know that it's one thing to have messaging on your jerseys and there's going to be black lives matter on the floor, but you said it goes beyond that and you're seeing with adam silver and others in the league, your owner, mrs. benson, that it goes beyond that. that there's more that needs to be done to address social

injustice. >> yes, we are looking to create real action and real change and what that looks like, we're still trying to figure out. i know the league and the union are working together to try to -- get through some of these issues. when covid hit you saw them step up in their communities. when social unrest hit with the murder of george floyd, you saw players step up in their communities. leading protests in atlanta. you saw maya moore and a host of wnba players opt to sit out so they can pursue change in social justice. you've seen athletes across the board step up in their communities and so for athletes and specifically for black athletes, not myself, but black

athletes and 70% of our league is black, what is the league doing? what are owners doing in their communities to step up? and that's really what we mean by can we create some change through the resources that our league and our owners have? >> and we appreciate you being one of those to step up, j.j. appreciate it very much and get another cup of coffee. i know on the break you were grabbing another cup of coffee. you have some long days ahead of you but appreciate as always your time and my best to you and all in the league. you take care, j.j. >> thank you, robin. >> take care. you got it. coming up next here on "gma," we have more that we are going to discuss and we'll let you know when we come back. let you know when we come back. ♪ ♪ we stick together, ♪ for worse or for better ♪ (yeah) ♪ through any kind of weather, ♪ (yo)

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. coronavirus emergency. nine states hit new record highs. scenes like these unfold for michigan to minnesota and missouri over the holiday weekend. parties packed with few masks as the outbreak shows no signs of slowing down. now the new concerns. hundreds of scientists say they believe the virus is airborne and can linger in the air. one of the nation's leading health experts talks to "gma" this morning. new overnight, broadway star nick cordero dying from complications of coronavirus. over 90 days in the hospital. what his wife amanda is saying this morning about her husband's passing. working parents in the covid economy. the prominent blogger who says you can have a kid or a job. you can't have both. so many parents under pressure when it comes to back to school. what's the solution? new this morning, paris jackson on public scrutiny.

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the lake of the ozarks in ssridh tes reg incr on satday president trump attribtove tesmost 40 million people. by so doing, we show cases, 99% of which are totally harmless. >> reporter: george spoke to dr. ashish jha about that claim earlier this morning. >> he's now adding that 99% of cases are totally harmless. what are the facts there? >> yeah, so the facts on this are really quite clear which is that the reason we're seeing an increase in cases is because we're seeing an increase in infections, not because of more testing, 99% of cases are not harmless. about 10% end up getting hospitalized. if you're hospitalized it's certainly not harmless. a chuck of those people spend quite a bit of time in the icu

and some proportion of people end up dying so it's not harmless for any of those folks so i don't know why the president says that. but it's clearly not true. >> reporter: this testing site in orlando is the largest in all of florida. today they're hoping to test up to 2,000 people. people have been camped out overnight to get in, and cars have been streaming in all morning, but so far there have not been as many people arriving at this site as officials expected coming off the holiday weekend, robin. >> all right. thank you, will. now the other big story, the wildfire danger that is out west. gusty winds are fueling nearly 50 fires, forcing evacuations. ginger is back with us and has the lnggo mniga, gi.>> good mor. those were the 50 large wildfire there were hundreds of wildfires sparked by fireworks. red flag warnings in place. this is not the area to do fireworks. the soledad fire, 1,100 acres, 0

percent contained east of santa clari clarita, temporarily shut down a highway and have evacuations of a couple hundred people and northern california, the gilroy fire, that's more than a thousand acres burned. 15% contained. at least two structures have been lost so far. so red flag warnings, nevada, arizona, utah into colorado and wyoming, northern california and oregon too because winds will be gusty. that's what makes the fires even more erratic and more difficult for those brave firefighters to fight. under the jet stream we go, though, that's dry out west and windy as well but here we don't have the wind. 95, chicago going on a long stretch. heat advisories. philadelphia will feel close to 100. back to rochester, new york. george? >> thanks very much. robin, it's close to barbecue time. >> my home crew, they're already in the car. they left me. there's nothing like chef j.r.'s burgers for breakfast so keep that grill hot. j.r., i'm coming. keep it hot. i'll be there soon but, t.j., i'm going to miss sam.

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lara, we love you, but sam champion has us a little giddy this morning. look at that. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, t.j. i like the "pop news" because it's like regular news but a little less filling. we begin this morning with movie news and hollywood getting back to business across the pond. "mission: impossible 7" of course starring tom cruise was filming near london before the lockdowns and now they're getting help from the uk government to get back to work. culture secretary oliver dowden announcing they will exempt some of the u.s. actors and crew from its 14-day travel quarantine so that hollywood blockbusters, ladies and gentlemen, can resume production.ju a wk ter he spokef about the plans on how "mission: impossible 7" can safely resume filming, making production now mission possible. come on now, you knew it was coming. right now it's slated to hit theaters in the fall of 2021. now paris jackson who is

opening up in a new series, michael jackson's daughter who by the way is now 22 years old, how time flies, gorgeous, is giving the public a never before seen view inside her private life including her relationship with boyfriend and bandmate gabe glen in a new series on facebook watch called unfiltered, paris jackson and gabriel glynn. now paris revealing struggles with body image and self-esteem. this is an exclusive clip. take a look. >> i do believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and i think more than what i look like, if someone finds me beautiful, then i really appreciate that because i have a lot of ink securities. personally, yeah, there are probably a couple things i probably want to fix about myself. i'm not even close to loving myself. >> absolutely beautiful, beautiful, beautiful lady. the series follows paris and gabe as they find their own voice and sound and it's difficult in the shadow of her

famous father, so check out facebook watch every tuesday for a new episode of "unfiltered." finally, ladies and gentlem superse me at the same time weddings a aofusan so one australian company is letting couples say "i do" at a different kind of altar, the dashboard. i do drive-through connects couples with officiants and photographers in your area holding a 20-minute drive-through ceremony but don't worry. you don't have to head down under to tie the knot this way. the company just launched right here in new york city, as well as new jersey and vegas, the capital of drive-through wedding. the officiant meets the couple by their car, vows are exchanged following social distancing rules, and paperwork and rings passed through the open windows. i do drive-through saying marriage and love is still essential even in this time of a pandemic. ladies and gentlemen, i give you "pop news." >> thank you, sam champion. >> thank you, sam. we are going to switch gears

and get more on nick cordero. the 41-year-old actor lost his battle with the coronavirus sunday after three months in the hospital. his wife amanda kloots shared an bes has the story.overnight and good morning, deb. >> reporter: good morning, george. yes, this is certainly not the outcome that amanda kloots had envisioned when she so courageously took us all on this heartbreaking journey fighting for her husband's recovery, trying to harness the global power of positivity and prayer. but in the end, the coronavirus was just too difficult of an enemy to defeat. ♪ he was a talented actor who stole the spotlight on stage -- ♪ if i go to church on sunday ♪ burn down my school on monday ♪ >> reporter: -- and in front of the camera. >> well, if it isn't my favorite defective. >> reporter: nick cordero losing his battle against coronavirus complications three months after

he was diagnosed. his wife amanda kloots on instagram, god has another angel in heaven now. i am in disbelief and hurting everywhere. my heart is broken as i cannot imagine our lives without him. in march, just days after sharing this image of his wife and son on instagram, cordero fell ill. in may, his wife telling michael strahan about those early symptoms. >> he didn't have a fever. he didn't have a cough. he had an appetite. he had a sense of smell. he had a sense of taste. so we really didn't think that it was covid. >> reporter: on april 1st the 41-year-old actor was sedated in the icu at cedars-sinai hospital in los angeles. his battle against the illness was uphill. unexpected health complications arose including strokes, sepsis, damaged lungs and blood clots that resulted in a leg amputation. through it all, his wife who couldn't be by her husband's side remaining optimistic,

dancing outside his window, going live on instagram daily we-whe aif♪ltuple's "live your 1-year-old, elvis. >> nick, da-da, is awake! yay! >> reporter: kloots posting that she sang his song to him while holding his hand. as i sang the last line, they'll give you hell but don't you let them kill your light not without a fight, live your life, i smiled because he definitely put up a fight. i'll love you forever and always, my sweet man. the tributes are just pouring in this morning, tributes of admiration. lin-manuel miranda, the "hamilton" star tweeting, devastating. what a loss, what a light. whole heart with amanda and his family. actress viola davis writing, rest in peace, nick cordero, my

condolences to you and amanda, saying how sorry she is for the little one. my heart is with you. and finally zach braff who was a former co-star and best friend tweeting out that nick had asked him -- the last thing he ever tweeted or asked for was for him to look out for his wife and 1-year-old son. i promise the world they will never want for anything. i feel incredibly grateful to have had nick cordero in my life. just so much pain and heartbreak being felt everywhere, george, and i have to tell you, once again, a reminder that the coronavirus is very serious and can be very devastating. >> sad, sad reminder of that, okay, deb, thanks very much. t.j. >> all right, george. we turn to new concerns for working parents in this pandemic. with schools looking at very modified schedules this fall, one mother writing in "the new york times" that our economy is making it clear right now you cannot have a kid and a job. becky worley spoke exclusively

with the author, and good morning to you, becky. >> reporter: good morning, t.j. because of covid, schools have to reduce the number of students in a class. but they have to do it with the same number of teachers, so to make the numbers work that means a rotating schedule. kids in classrooms part time and learning remotely from home part time. now, parents, if kids are only in school part time but we need to work full time, how is that going to work? across the nation school districts are deciding what the classroom will look like this fall as parents struggle to hang on. >> we can't keep up with this. everybody is overwhelmed and everybody has their hands tied. >> reporter: in a "new york times" article entitled "in the covid-19 economy you can have a kid or a job. you can't have both" deb perelman says her school district is considering sending students back only part time, physically attending school one out of every three weeks but she says that does little to help parents desperate for normal routine.

>> there are people who have hit pause like been able to hit the pause button on a project under the idea that september would return some level of normalcy in child care and not having your kids there all day and now they can't and they're really afraid they'll have to leave the workforce. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics who recently released guidelines for opening school says they too want kids physically in class pointing to its major health, social and educational benefits. hd as cntry to reto be working conavirus infections and th'so t re-opening of schools in the fall much, much easier. >> reporter: but for back to school there is no one size fits all solution since the virus looks different in different places. >> we cannot protect kids from all risk. but we're going to have to decide week by week or month by month is it riskier to send kids to school and have everyone's health be in jeopardy or is it

riskier to keep kids home and have everyone's finances and ability to pay their bills be in jeopardy? >> reporter: it was one thing to do distance learning as an emergency sprint. just make it to summer was the mantra in our house but i'm not sure how families are going to turn this situation into a marathon, t.j. >> that's a good point. let's make it to summer, then to fall and now we don't know how long we got to hold on. becky worley, thank you as always. time for us once again to say hello to ginger. hey there. >> hey there, t.j. and you know what, a lot of us just trying to get back in the groove on a monday after a holiday weekend and we all feel like phineas. yeah, that's phineas, the frenchy, not loving being behind the laptop again this morning. speaking of a marathon it feels like it. he's from new york city and so grateful you sent that in. this sponsored by verizon. we have more. we want to you share your

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good morning. in fact, we'll start with we asked our "gma" viewers so we have what they wear during video calls. let's look. yep, sweats, number one, 38%, pajamas, 20%, same as in the office, 15%, my favorite, 27%, i'll never tell. do these numbers surprise you at all? >> good morning, amy. actually the one that surprises me the most is 15% of people are still getting dressed like they're going to the office but they're staying at home. that really surprised me but that also leaves 85% of the people still wearing probably sweats. >> yes, exactly, so you actually have some looks for all of us so we can replicate at home that combine comfort with some professionalism as well for video meetings so we're using our "gma" staff who have been working from home so we'll begin with nicole. she is starting with a look for an important business meeting with clients. tell us about what nicole is wearing. >> yes, so as we know sweats are completely acceptable these days but i love the idea of doing a matching set. you don't want to look like you atching set esr pajama sweats

its the best part, you can't mess it up. you're essentially just picking out shoes which you are probably not wearing anyway so it's a great way to just elevate your sweats. this one from aerie. the top and bottom are matching set and you can order them separately. they come in mix and match sizes. they come in a wide variety of colors on sale right now. both are around $30 each. >> so cute and affordable and, nicole, way to work that living room. i love that. all right, let's go to sara now. she is wearing a more casual look for internal meetings with your colleagues that combines joggers with a plain tee and still looks professional, even anna wintour apparently is getting in on this. >> yes, you're right, amy. so joggers are officially back on the map, anna wintour giving them her seal of approval. she actually posted a picture of herself wearing them on her

social media, and what i love about joggers is that they're the perfect blend of casual and sophisticated. they have a sophisticated silhouette. they're a little bit more tapered. they have a little bit more t tailoring to them but they still have that yummy, cozy fabric. we paired it with a simple basic tee. this one is pink with a pop of color and easily put it with a basic white tee and put a statement necklace or earrings to dress it up and i also love the idea of a headband. that is a great accessory for your zoom meetings if you don't want to do your hair, throw it on and put it back in a messy bun and good to go. this set here is from b.t. collection and the headband is from scrunchy. >> melissa, what's your quick tip to still show your shape in these clothes? >> yes, so if they can see you from a little bit more than the waist up, my tip would be just to tuck in your shirt to accentuate your waist a bit so you don't get lost in your t-shirt or sweats. >> that's good, all right. we have nicole with us now.

she is wearing a simple body suit but you say that this can be a quick fix for a meeting in a flash. so, wow, she's looking good. >> i know. so believe it or not, body suits are making a comeback and not the ones that you pair with jeans or shorts but full-on body suits. we recently saw j. lo sporting one so they are officially back on the map, and before you sort of cross them off your list, let me tell you why you'll love them. first they're incredibly comfortable. also they're great, again, if you have a last-minute meeting, throw on a lightweight layering piece. here we gave her this levis denim jacket. you can put on an oversized cardigan. they pull together so nicely and so well. >> beautiful. thank you so much and thank you to our "gma" staff. you all look great. we'll be right back.

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that's the plan on live with kelley & ryan. ♪ all night ♪ you know i got you welcome back, everyone. great to have you with us on this monday morning and, george, i'm so excited about your next guest. she's one of my favorite people. >> we are all excited. uzo aduba from "orange is the new black." she won emmys and golden globe awards and now appears in "mrs. america" as political pioneer shirley chisholm. welcome back to "gma." how are you? >> i'm great. how are you? >> i'm doing well, thank you. before we get to "mrs. america" tell us how you've been spending quarantine. >> locked in the house. i've been cooking a lot and i actually just got a bike, which i'm really excited about. it's my first bike as an adult and that's been really fun to go outside and get a safe

experience of just, you know, some fresh air, and you feel like a kid when you're riding around the city. it's pretty nice. >> it is pretty great and we're excited about "mrs. america." it sheds so much light on a real transformative moment in our history. as i said, you play shirley chisholm. people may not remember her, the first black american woman member of congress and broke all kinds of barriers when she ran for president in 1972. we want to show a little bit of a clip of that. >> you always said you would support me. why couldn't you go all the way? >> i thought you'd talk to us first. you just announced. >> i didn't get anywhere in my life waiting on somebody's permission. if you can't support me, get out of my way.

>> i'll bet it was a real privilege to play a pioneer like that. >> oh, my goodness. absolutely. you know, a true privilege, a true honor. she was a trail blazer, you know, who changed the lives for a lot of women, a lot of women of color, and just when you think about when she was doing all these amazing things, the time ofit, you get a real sense of the might within that vessel. it was incredible. >> what you convey in that clip and all through the series is the quiet strength of shirley chisolm because she was facing so many barriers as she ran for president in 1972 but as you watch that series in light of what's happening in the country today, it really puts a new lens on it. >> oh, without question. absolutely. you know, again, you know, you think about what she was accomplishing at that time and how heavy that door must have been to try and open and, you know, it's still thought of as

pretty impressive today seeing women in political forums and so what's exciting to know, i think, is that there are more women at that same door and even though it has so many locks on it, there's a lot more of us there ready to fight and open it and she led the way. >> what a cast you have there in "mrs. america." cate blanchett, rose byrne playing gloria steinem, margot martindale who we saw with you and you've really brought everything to this. >> oh, my gosh. i remember when i heard the cast list, you know, the announcement and i kept saying, what, what? you know, every single name and all these women are exceptional, they brought their "a" game to this as well and are just phenomenal and it was just such a joy to see that energy and

passion, honestly that passion, every single day on set at work. yeah, it was just incredible. >> you had some impromptu musicals off camera? >> yes, yes, yes, yes. we have a very, very, very musical theater oriented cast, lover of the old standards. we love sondheim, rodgers & hammerstein. a lot of "my fair lady" was being sung, making up musicals. it was the real -- it was -- i mean, like everybody can sing. it was amazing. >> well, it was. the series is amazing as well. thanks for coming in this morning. "mrs. america" is now streaming on fx on hulu and coming up, tamron hall joins us live. ♪ i feel it coming tamron hall joins us live. ♪ i feel it coming

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♪ i feel it coming back now with tamron hall the talk show host is getting ready to kick off a summer of giveaways as she and her team reimagine what's possible while doing the show all on remote. so great to have tamron with us. tamron, thanks for being with us. i know your catchphrase is let's talk about it. well, you've had a lot to talk about and i'm sure it's nothing you could have ever envisioned. what has it been like doing the show like this during these times? >> i'm going to tell you, amy, it's like i think everyone. we're experiencing the same thing. i think it was lady gaga who said obviously there are

different levels of how we're coping with this pandemic, but the loss of control, the loss of what's next, that is resonating with all of us. we said let's talk about it. no idea that we'd be talking about a pandemic, protests, a huge movement of young people saying that they must be heard. the conversations are layered but a show like ours when we first started, we felt that there was a place to have this conversation. we said let's talk about it. i'll put my table up there. you can bring whatever type of chair you want, a high chair which is right near my son's, a barcalounger, barstool but have a seat at the table and let's talk about it. even things we could never imagine. >> right, exactly. i know there have been challenges from doing things like this from home. i understand there was an embarrassing moment on zoom? >> i think there have been many embarrassing moments on zoom.

mine came in the form of -- we're at my home and tape the show. in fact, i discuss heard a window or something open. my mother is upstairs helping with my 1-year-old. my husband is here but i was on a zoom call with my executive producer one night and we meet 7:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., all day long working around the clock from home and at one point i was so exhausted, i was on my bed and thought i hit the video -- i never heard of zoom by the way until all this started. i thought i turned off the video and i'm in my bed and i hear my producer's husband say, is she in her bed? i went -- i was fully clothed by the way but nevertheless i was in my bed and i'm thinking, this can't happen anymore so other than calls like this which you guys at "gma," i keep the video off because i am not prepared for all this technology. i embrace it but i'm not fully prepared for it. >> exactly. i am right there with you. i know your son just turned 1 in quarantine. so congratulations. >> thank you. >> beautiful, beautiful, and i know that that's got a whole other set of challenges, i'm

sure, but i know that it was him and your journey with motherhood during this year that inspired to you kick off this summer of giveaways. tell us all about it. >> i'm so excited. today we're kicking off the summer of giveaways and we're having a virtual baby shower for moms who just had their children and moms who are expecting during this pandemic. so many times i look at this journey and think about my life last year. we're all doing that. in fact, i was looking at photos on my phone that we have of what was i doing this time last year, and i was preparing to have my first child at 48 years old. i can't imagine what it feels hike to walk into the hospital and some cases alone preparing for this moment. so we wanted to bring a little joy, a little love to moms who just gave birth or who are expecting and we've pulled together this virtual baby

shower and like you said, amy, we didn't know what we would be talking about or how we would enrich the audience but when we started at the beginning of this pandemic we even used my child's baby monitor as one of the monitors for the show so i had two ipads, a baby monitor, putting this all on and we wanted to celebrate the journey. it is a difficult one under the most ideal circumstances, whatever that is, but imagine now being at the hospital. we have a mom that we're surprising today. she's been on bedrest, i believe, over 50 days in her hospital and she has no idea with the help of the hospital in the chicago area we're going to sneak in and bring some joy so we're excited to do that. obviously that's personal for me because of my journey as a mom, but love is love and we all could use a bit of joy so whether you're a parent or not, when you see this show today, you're just going -- i think you'll cry happy tears. >> i love it. we could all use a little more love, and thank you for bringing that to us. "the tamron hall show" will have

a giveaway every monday in july, and yes, it starts today. thank you so much for being with us. check your local listings for that. ginger, we head to you now. >> yes, and how to keep your skin healthy under that hot sun so our sponsored olay can help protect your skin from morning to night and we met up with celebrity makeup artist mally roncal to get her simple tips on how to stay protected. >> summer is in full swing, but before you head outdoors, consider my easy tips and tricks to keep your skin protected and looking glowy all summer long. >> reporter: celebrity makeup artist and olay spokesperson mally roncal says the secret to safeguarding her skin starts in the morning. >> the sun is the thief of our youth. even on overcast days, you need to wear your spf. >> reporter: our sponsor olay can help with that. >> i'm a busy mom so i love double duty products. that's why i love regenerist whip. not only is this amazing but

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american cookout. robin, you got on the road. you're doing some cooking with one of your favorite chefs. i was just joking earlier. everybody knows you can cook, robin. >> no, no, no. t.j., i've been hearing you all morning long giving me a hard time. don't try and play nice right now. he's the man. we are in bristol, connecticut. my old espn stomping grounds. even the mayor of bristol has come out. she's the one in the lime green mask over there. neighbors are out here. this is big doings. this man is beloved here in bristol. he has many restaurants. he and his wife leanne who's out there as well and like so many restaurant owners, this has been a difficult, difficult time with the pandemic but you know what, they keep marching on. for over a decade, j.r. and leanne rusgrove have lived their dream ofng a

re bristol,connecticut, but it hasn't always been easy. in 2011 they lost their first restaurant to a fire. >> it was destroyed. >> reporter: a few months later they lost everything to hurricane irene. >> it basically just washed right through the center of the building. there were chairs floating, menus floating and just shaking my head in disbelief. >> reporter: in and 2016 a new restaurant turned into a total loss. >> the entire septic system went down. we never turned a nickel profit on that one. >> reporter: no matter flame, flood or setback, the pair pushed through, even during the covid-19 pandemic. j.r. and leanne opened a to go themed restaurant. >> we opened up pure foods and having amazing success over there. >> reporter: committed to the community and dreams, this duo always finds the strength to bounce back. >> i think when you love food

and you love this world and you love your customers, you get over things pretty quick. >> and, you know what, we love this man right back. a j.r.rusgrove -- >> good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning. >> now, this is not -- this is his wheelhouse but not being on tv. but i want you to know this man so you'll make nacho burgers. >> nacho regular burgers. >> nacho regular burgers. >> so what we'll do, very important. first step in a perfect burger, you want an 80-20 blend. go to your butcher, hometown, shop local, very important. you want 80% sirloin, 20% chuck -- sorry, chuck sirloin, come home and make your patties. put a little salt and pepper on them, put them in the refrigerator, let them firm up. don't want anything chilled on your grill. when you're ready to grill. take them out and let them sit for 45 minutes, then put them onto your grill. make sure your grill is super hot. you don't want a cold grill. you want a super hot grill. >> how long on the grill do you think?

>> it depends on your taste. if you like well done probably >> aight, so let's make them. what are the fixings on it? >> the first thing we do i'll bring you over a burger. >> socially distanced. >> we are socially distanced. >> put that burger on there. >> these are beautiful, beautiful brioche rolls. that's probably one of the best rolls you can use for a burger. miss robin, you start with the gouda dip. >> what is this? >> a gouda queso made from smoked gouda, monterey jack cheeses. then you put caramelized onions. >> caramelized onions. >> with a little bit of balsamic vinegar, a little bit of sugar. >> preach, baby, preach. i love it.oknowhat? sh.es peppers that are pickled, put those on top of the onions. >> ooh. amazing. >> it's a messy burger. >> love that. >> then the tricolored corn chips. >> makes it a nacho. >> that makes it beautiful and gives it crunch, texture and

looks very, very pretty and that's it, folks. that's actually your nacho regular burger right there. it's absolutely delicious. >> trust me, it is. >> you make sure you have a great pickle. good burger, great pickle. >> so how about for the sides? >> we'll do our "gma" kicked up street corn. if you've never had street corn you've got to make it at home. it's simple and it's absolutely amazing. so, miss robin, i'm going to give to you a piece of corn that we have grilled. >> okay. >> you can use the black tongues if you want. that's going to help you because it is very hot. first thing, put on the cint >>s,es. >> aer it . gt >> t.j. thinks i can't cook. he has no idea. >> i've seen her make reservations. >> i make a darned good reservation. >> next, role it into cotija cheese. >> what kind of cheese? >> cotija from mexico.

it's like a mexican feta cheese. it's absolutely creamy. even if you don't like cheese you have to try this. puatacontola.good job then you'll grab that in the bottle. chili -- >> i knew what that was. >> you can get that at any local mexican market. absolutely amazing. >> just give it a sprinkle all over. gives it color. it's a chili lime citrus based type of rub. >> okay. >> then after that you want to sprinkle with a little fresh cut cilantro we have right there that my wife leanne chopped up for me this morning. >> thank you, leanne. >> thank you, leanne. and then last but not least, take a fresh lime squeeze, a lime wedge and give it a squeeze over the corn. >> oh, wow. >> and you got yourself your "gma" kicked up street corn. >> oh, my gosh. >> it is -- if you're not a corn person or if you don't like cheeses i'm telling you, just try this because my wife is kind of a picky eater and now we can't cook it enough here at the house. >> in the time we have remaining how do you keep your strength and how do you keep your

resilience with all that's going community. we're motivated by the fact that people come out and support us. we have been through so much in the 12 years we've been in the restaurant business and we have very amazing friends in this world. and the people drive us forward and no matter what tenacity, whatever befalls us, we wake up the next morning and put our best foot forward because we know we need to be here. there's a reason why restaurants need to exist and i got to say to all my brethren out there that are going through some really bad covid things, hang in there. hang in there, hang in there and just fight till the end. don't stop swinging. u,.r. we'll stop by pure foods on our way out. can you give a shot of the crowd as we go bye-bye? get all his

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. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >> good morning, everyone. major league baseball is reportedly set to release the full schedule today. several roberts say the giants will open at the dodgers july 23rd. most of the teams, though, will open the following day. teams will play a shortened season with just 60 days. here's mike with a look at the forecast. thank you. hi, everybody. let's open the weather window on san rafael. look at all that beautiful sunshine. a nice day to be outside. temperatures will be one to 15 degrees cooler today. we go from 67 in san francisco for about 88 in antioch, so definitelywarmer, especially th weekend. >> thank you, mike. time for "live with kelly and ryan." we'll be back here

>> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, film and television star rob lowe. and, you will meet the amazing couple who will be married on "live" kicking off our "i in i do week." plus, a florida teen helping others is responsible for our good news story of the day. all next on "live!" and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> ryan: good morning on this youel: yooyomazing. can tell? >> kelly: yes, you look great. >> ryan: my bronzer is working. >> kelly: i