have a good one. right now on "america this morning," on the front lines in the fight against covid-19. scenes overnight reminiscent of u.s. hospitals months ago. staff overwhelmed and icu beds filling up. one state now ordering face coverings even when outdoors. a surge of cases in tulsa now being blamed on president trump's rally. plus, the battle over when to send kids back to class as the president plans to defund schools that stay closed this fall. the guedesperate search for actress who went swimming in a lake. her young found child found alone on a boat. details coming in. the most detailed account of george floyd's final moments.

transcripts of police body cams showing he begged officers not to kill him saying i can't breathe more than 20 times. what else the transcripts revealed and the counterfeit cash part of the murder case. the racist rant caught on camera and the restaurant employee who stepped in. >> i did what needed to be done. >> what she's saying about the moment a tech ceo went on the attack. plus, 'the wonder years" reboot with a big change coming to the classic show. and the bob ross renaissance. >> everybody should have a friend, even a tree, even a tree is a friend. >> how it's gaining popularity during the pandemic. good morning. i'm kenneth moton. >> and i'm shirleen allicot. we begin with the battle against the coronavirus getting more challenging by the day. >> a record 62,000 americans

tested positive for the virus in 24 hours, arizona, florida and south carolina are taking up the top three spots for coronavirus cases, growing faster than anywhere else in the world. >> face masks are now required outdoors in new jersey and the same goes for atlanta where the mayor issued an executive order last night. >> san francisco mayor london breed is awaiting the results of a coronavirus test after going to an event by someone who tested positive. abc's megan tevrizian has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, devastation felt in hospitals across the country. >> we are playing musical chairs in the middle of the night moving one patient from one side to another. >> reporter: in south carolina a busy hospital calling in the national guard after dozens of staff were infected by the virus. >> we're pretty well maxed out on icu capacity, 96%. that could happen quickly. >> reporter: in texas employees racing to evacuate this nursing home after dozens of residents

tested positive for covid-19. from california to florida, america's sun belt is now the global hot spot. >> just in 28 days, less than a month, we have as many cases that we've added as we did in the first 99 days. >> reporter: arizona alone now reporting more cases than any other country in the world. >> it is heartbreaking right now. i think we reported 117 deaths today. as you've mentioned, the health care system is in crisis levels of support right now. >> reporter: in tulsa health officials are now suggesting president trump's rally last month is partially to blame for a recent spike in cases. >> the past two days we've had almost 500 cases, and we knew we had several large events a little over two weeks ago which is about right, so i guess we just connect the dots. >> reporter: it comes as school systems across the country are facing new pressure from the president who is threatening to cut federal funding to schools that don't re-open in the fall. >> you're not going to bully new yorkers. that's not going to happen.

school re-openings are a state decision, period. >> reporter: trump is also butting heads with the cdc saying he disagrees with their guidelines for restarting the school year, which include masks, six feet of spacing between desks, open windows and avoiding the cafeteria and playground equipment if possible. >> i want to make it very clear that what is not the intent of the cdc's guidelines is to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed. >> reporter: new guidelines are now expected to roll out next week. the white house is facing a new lawsuit from multiple universities after the administration announced international students will have to leave the country if they do not attend in person classes in the fall. kenneth, shirleen. >> megan, thank you. breaking overnight in southern california where former "glee" star naya rivera is missing and presumed dead. rivera best known for her role as santana was apparently

boating with her young child on a lake wednesday afternoon when the pair went swimming. authorities now fear rivera may have drowned after the child was discovered floating alone in that boat hours after they were scheduled to return to shore. >> they were seen going out on the lake together and approximately three hours after they left the dock, another boater out on the lake discovered the boat drifting and contacted the rangers and we've been actively searching for the mother since that time. >> the search for rivera was suspended overnight. >> just devastating. to that breaking news in the death of george floyd. body cams providing new details about his final mobilities. transcripts from the body cams from two of the former minneapolis police officers in the case were made public. they reveal floyd said "please" to the officers about five dozen times, and he told police he couldn't breathe more than 20 times. the transcripts also show former

officer derek chauvin told floyd, quote, then stop talking. stop yelling. it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk. lawyers released images of the counterfeit $20 bill that resulted in the call that ended floyd's death. four officers charged in his death including chauvin who is charged with second degree murderer. now, to our one-on-one interview with attorney general william barr. barr has faced criticism amid the protests following george floyd's killing. the most vocal came after last month's clearing of lafayette uare ahead of the president's walk to a nearby church. abc's andrew dymburt has more on barr's response to his critics. >> reporter: this morning, attorney general william barr speaking out about that moment last month when mostly peaceful protesters were cleared out of lafayette park in front of the white house before president trump took a photo-op with a bible. >> was it done because the president was going to go over and walk and have a photo-op?

>> the plan was to move the demonstrators up toward "i" street. it was not done to set up a photo-op. >> reporter: barr, the nation's top law enforcement officer, recently said there is no systemic racing in policing but during his interview with abc's pierre thomas, he acknowledged a racial profiling problem. >> you know, i do think that it is a widespread phenomenon that african-american males particularly are treated with extra suspicion and maybe not given the benefit of the doubt. >> reporter: with the presidential election nearing and the pandemic raging, there are concerns about voting safely and voter suppression. the president has repeatedly claimed millions of ballots could be stolen. >> we actually called every secretary of state in the country, virtually everyone, and none of them said that it was an issue that they were concerned about. >> i was very concerned about the integrity of elections because i feel we're a very divided country.

i think there is a lot of opportunity for mischief, and that makes me concerned. >> but shouldn't we be making it easier for people to vote in a pandemic? >> well, i think the states have a lot of latitude as to what form of voting they're going to have. i'm expressing concern over voter fraud and i do think it increases the opportunity for fraud. >> reporter: the attorney general also commented on a possible pardon for roger stone, the president's longtime friend and former adviser. barr called stone's three-year prison sentence appropriate and said any potential pardon for stone would have to come from the president. kenneth, shirleen. >> andrew dymburt in washington, thank you. also in washington, the supreme court is expected to hand down a major ruling today involving president trump's finances. the justices are set to rule on whether congress and the manhattan district attorney can see trump's taxes and other records. yesterday the high court decided that employers who have religious or moral objections can opt out of the obamacare mandate to provide coverage for

birth control. severe storms triggered more than a dozen tornadoes across the upper midwest overnight leaving at least one person dead. powerful twisters hit western minnesota especially hard. several homes have been destroyed and power lines and trees knocked down. emergency crews have been going house to house to check for people who may be trapped. time for a look at your weather for this thursday morning. there's more severe weather expected today in the midwest and around the great lakes. storms there could include damaging winds and large hail. forecasters are keeping an eye on a tropical system moving up the east coast. some areas from the carolinas te inches of rain over the next few days. checking today's temperatures. it will be in the high 80s from atlanta to boston. mid-90s from dallas to miami. the pacific northwest will be around 70. 99 in albuquerque.

coming up, more pressure for the redskins to change its name as amazon makes a major decision about the team's merchandise. also ahead, the waitress hailed a hero after intercepting a tech ceo's racist rant. her message this morning. and a snake alerts a man that it's home by ringing that doorbell.

take a look at this. an emergency landing in a chicago suburb. that's right. that is a hot air balloon that came down on a street in in the hills, illinois, yesterday. an 80-year-old passenger had passed out and needed medical attention. rescue crews were waiting on the

ground. she is okay this morning. united airlines is warning almost half of it's u.s. based workers could be furloughed in october because of financial losses from the coronavirus. united says cost-cutting measures like hiring freezes and executive pay cuts are not enough. notices are going out to almost 36,000 employees this week. and bed, bath & beyond plans to permanently close roughly 200 stores over the next two years. like many other businesses, it was forced to shut down because of the coronavirus. the retail chain was in trouble before the pandemic, but sales plunged nearly 50% in the latest quarter. now the latest on a racist incident caught on camera. a silicon valley ceo is apologizing after launching a racist rant at a restaurant. >> this morning we're hearing from the employee who intervened. >> i did what needed to be done. >> reporter: waitress gennica cochran refused to remain silent

when a tech ceo went on a racist rant. >> oh, now you're shy? >> reporter: it shows him confronting a family as he lashed out. >> asian piece of [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god. get out of here. get out of here. >> i already put my money down. >> get out now. >> who are these [ bleep ]? >> these are valued guests. >> reporter: cochran wasn't serving lofthouse but he switched tables and sent food back. >> it felt maternal like this is my family and i will take care of them, and i will do whatever i can to protect these people. to have somebody hate you just because of the way that you look, that just -- that's beyond me. i don't understand it. >> reporter: lofthouse, the ceo of a company called solid 8 later apologized writing, my behavior in the video is appalling. this was clearly a moment where i lost control and made incredibly hurtful and divisive. raymond and his wife were in america 26 years and never felt

anything remotely close to racism until that night. >> he was full of hate and anger. it's sad that there's still people that are like that in this world, yet along in this country. >> reporter: lofthouse's mother says the family is devastated and appalled by his behavior. as for cochran, she is sending this message to the public. >> if you see something, do something. stand up against racism and hatred in any form any time you can. >> good words to live by. an online fund-raiser was set up for cochrane entitled a big tip for an everyday hero with a goal of $1,000. it's now at more than $26,000. >> can i say, i would patronize that restaurant any time, and she deserves a big tip. >> yes, she does, definitely. coming up, an entire division 1 league saying it is scrapping all sports until next year. also ahead the new rule for roller coasters, no screaming allowed. why it could be the new reality

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back now with a homeowner's surprise in kansas. that's a four-foot rat snake hanging out on a guy's ring doorbell. its motion sent an alert to kyle crane's phone, which is the only reason he found it. rat snakes are common in that area. crane removed it and set it free. >> no thank you. yikes. amazon is now the fourth major retailer to drop washington redskins merchandise. sellers reportedly have 48 hours to review and remove items flagged by the company. the franchise is reviewing its nickname after years of complachtss that it's offensive to native americans, and according to espn, the team will remove the native american imagery from its logo. in college sports, the ivy league won't be playing football this year. the conference is the first in division 1 to cancel all fall

sports due to the pandemic. the decision on winter sports will come at a later date. and ohio state has paused all voluntary athletic workouts on its campus including football. an unannounced number of student athletes have tested positive for coronavirus. football practices were also paused at the university of north carolina due to positive tests. back to the growing debate about when and how to reopen schools. it comes as the u.s. crosses a grim milestone in its number of cases. i spoke earlier with dr. ryan ribeiro. your medical opinion on what could slow the virus right now? >> i'll tell you, the only thing that's going to stop it is a vaccine. and, you know, sometimes people will say once enough people get infected, we'll have herd

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>> happy thursday or friday eve. summer is here and it will stay. just going to fluctuate a little bit every day. we have clouds along the coast and a few clouds in the north bay and along the east bay shore this morning. here is a look from our south bay camera, you can see it looks quiet over the western span of the bay bridge. and 68 at half moon bay, 72 at san francisco. look at all those low to mid-80s around the bay. and upper 80s to mid 90s, not only in the south bay, but the north bay. and mid to upper 90s inland. i'll have the hot weekend forecast coming up. today advocates and lawmakers will be coming together at san quentin demanding the governor take action to fight the covid-19

crisis at the prison. six men have died. and aim any for us. >> reporter: and they are calling what is happening here at san quentin catastrophic. there will be advocates here along with some lawmakers, and they want governor newsom to visit the prison and seat conditions here. so they are calling on him to come here. they also want some prisoners released or sent somewhere else so that they can decrease the population here to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus. more than 1300 people here at san quentin have been diagnosed and six men have died from the virus. the explosion of cases here started when officials transferred prisoners here from anotrriso i chino.hoe infected. and our iteam interviewed an inmate at the prison in chino

who says that there need to be more safety precautions taken inside. >> nobody's wearing any masks or anything else. as a matter of fact, they were actually threatening us with rules violation masks. >> reporter: today lawmakers, including state senator scott wiener and then the district attorney will all be here to to you the prison and hold a press conference. they said that they invited the governor to attend, that they are waiting to hear back. reporting live at san quentin, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. and governor will give us an update on california's coronavirus response. his focus will be on preparation cal fire crews have been trained to maintain social distancing and have minimal contact at base camps. we'll bring you the governor's news conference right here on abc 7 and abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app.

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