good morning, america. alarming numbers of coronavirus cases with states overwhelmed. arizona dealing with the highest number of cases in the entire world. more than two dozen icus at capacity. the staffing shortages and hours-long waits for tests, the warning in texas. >> the worst is yet to come. more than 30 states with rising hospitalizations, families hit hard, the young brother and sister taken by the virus. the school debate. should they re-open this fall? the concerns about health and safety for teachers and students and what one of the country's largest teachers unions is saying this morning. sentence commuted. president trump' roger stone from going to prison. >> thank you, mr. president. >> the statement from the white

house and the swift backlash from democrats. fay's fury. the tropical storm makes landfall near new jersey's atlantic city with some shore towns underwater. drivers rescued. strong winds toppling trees. new york city drenched and the new severe weather threat moving in. and disney world's big day. the phased re-opening. magic kingdom and animal kingdom ready for rope drop this morning. >> should walt disney world be opening right now? >> absolutely. >> your exclusive look at the safety measures. hey, good morning, everybody. happy saturday. president trump commuting the sentence of his longtime adviser roger stone, leading to backlash from democrats. we'll have much more in a moment. first here, the latest on the pandemic as the number of new daily cases climbs to a

record of nearly 67,000. with florida now reporting its numbers, hospitalizations have topped 51,000 nationwide showing the strain this latest increase is having on the hospitals across the country. >> with cases surging in many states, white house coordinator dr. deborah birx says the rise will covid cases will lead to a rise in deaths. some states and cities are now rethinking and pausing their re-openings. bars in las vegas have been forced to close as seven counties in nevada roll back to phase 1 because of a rise in infections. >> texas governor greg abbott announcing overnight the u.s. army is sending a medical task force to houston to help with the city's covid-19 battle. we have team coverage beginning with abc's trevor ault right here in new york. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. we are in the midst of a frightening upswing right now. out of 50 states and puerto rico 40 are reporting elevated positivity rates with fema saying new locations like oklahoma, iowa and arkansas are

places to watch, while in major states that have been getting crushed, florida, texas, arizona, officials say it is going from bad to worse. this morning, alarming new numbers as covid-19 rages across much of the united states. an internal fema memo obtained by abc news says 26 arizona icus are at capacity and 13 hospitals have staffing shortages as the state now battles the highest number of new cases in the entire world. >> these patients are sicker than patients we've seen, sicker in a different way. >> reporter: with residents waiting hours for tests in 100-degree heat, a new appointment-only testing site in tucson says it booked its first week of tests in ten minutes, i these surge tents constr of patients -- >> we're having a war here on covid. >> reporter: and with morgues full, refrigerated trucks have been brought in to store the bodies.

in florida, the 11,400 new cases friday just shy of a record high. new york now sending the state a day's supply of the drug remdesivir to help care for patients. among those hit hardest, a south florida family losing a brother and sister, both in their early 20s. their deaths just 11 days apart. >> it's not a game. please wear your mask. we don't want them to just be another statistic. and for younger people of color new data from the cdc paints a grim picture. the death toll for hispanics and nonwhites under 65 is more than twice as high as it is for whites of the same age group. in texas, the state's logged three straight days near 100 deaths. >> the worst is yet to come as we work our way through that massive increase in people testing positive. >> reporter: a san antonio doctor says one of her patients, a 30-year-old man, died after attending a so-called covid-19 party, a bizarre trend where young people intentionally get together with someone who's

infected. >> he didn't really believe. he thought the disease was a hoax. he thought he was young and invincible and wouldn't get infected. one thing that was heart wrenching that he said to his nurse was, you know, i think i made a mistake. >> reporter: across the country this morning, 17 states are seeing increasing covid-19 deaths with 30 reporting rising hospitalizations. in mississippi this week, five of the state's biggest hospitals reporting they had zero icu beds available. >> many days in the last few weeks we have had more patients than we have had rooms. >> reporter: georgia setting a single day record for new cases friday. the georgia world congress center now being reactivated as a backup hospital in atlanta and kansas marking nearly a thousand new cases friday. even rural doctors saying the virus is ravaging their communities. >> we didn't think that it would get to us. when it finally did get to us it hit us like a freight train.

>> reporter: and as professional sports consider when and how to return, the nfl's jacksonville jaguars say they'll limit their stadium capacity to 25% and making face coverings mandatory. the nfl is planning on having preseason games begin to be played in late august, but the players union has been pushing back against those plans. whit. >> all right, trevor, thank you. joining us from the hard hit state of mississippi is jackson mayor chokewe antra lumumba. mayor, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. as you know, mississippi hospitals are seeing a record surge of covid-19 patients right now. five of the biggest hospitals in the state have zero icu beds available, forcing some patients to actually go out of state for treatment. would you characterize this as a failure of the state to properly respond to the pandemic? >> i don't think there is any other way to characterize it. we've been begging for a uniform response from the state. it's of great concern to us here in jackson, not only because we are the most populous city by a

factor of three but because we're the capital city but the capital of health care. other cities, as their numbers increase, it is likely our hospitals that will receive the increased burden. >> as you're running out of hospital space what is the plan to expand capacity in your city? >> well, largely the plan depends on resources that the state needs to impose. we're trying to do all that we can to try to flatten the curve, trying to impose measures, mandatory face mask requirements. we were the first to do that in the state. now the state has officially followed suit. but i think that we saw this state open far too quickly and at the time that that took place, i warned of the consequences. >> mayor lumumba, forgive me, we're four months into this and talking about hospitals running out of beds.

is there not actually a plan right now to expand that, to have field hospitals, other facilities open up? >> if so, that has not been clearly articulated to me and i believe that other cities have not received that plan from the state. >> i wanted to mention this because this is right in your backyard. the statehouse there in jackson was shut down after dozens of lawmakers were tested positive for coronavirus. governor tate reeves issued a mask mandate for 13 counties this week only. is that enough? do you think that mandate should expand statewide? >> i think it should be statewide. the communities here in mississippi are far too interconnected. as we have tried to impose measures here in the city of jackson, we've had a want for the state to follow suit because you can literally go across the street in some areas of our city and find another city adjacent to us and so it becomes more of a notion than a reality if you have restrictions imposed in

your city. people can go across the street and congregate. they can go across the street and find communities where people are not wearing masks. and so i think that it is necessary that this be a statewide regulation and on that note, i think that the nation in many regards should impose the same. >> mayor lumumba, thank you for your time this morning. we do appreciate it. eva, over to you. dozens of states are seeing a rise in cases. the debate is raging about if it's safe to open schools and child care centers. zohreen shah is in los angeles where teachers are trying to make their voices heard. good morning to you, zohreen. >> reporter: good morning, eva. lusd has the second largest school district in the country, well over half a million kids. their education, the economy, possibly on the line. the big question, is it worth the risk. it's the debate raging through school districts across the country. should schools open this fall? >> this is a time of great uncertainty and anxiety among parents, teachers and students

with respect to safely re-opening schools. >> reporter: in arizona, currently the global epicenter for the coronavirus, one teacher says, not now, not here. jenna martinez taught side by side with two teachers this summer. all three got sick, but one teacher, kimberly chavez lopez bird, lost her life. >> she was 100% on board with whatever needed to be done. she had ordered face shields, masks. >> reporter: in neighboring california the teachers union in los angeles is demanding all schools stay closed. >> there is not enough time for the district to put together the detailed, rigorous plans that must be in place to physically re-open our site. >> the fuzzy part is going to go on your nose, okay? >> reporter: meanwhile in the northern part reachers at ucsf teaching kids how to do their own covid-19 tests at this

summer camp in hopes schools could useimilar i the future. but the fear isn't just about schools. nearly 1800 covid cases breaking out in child care operations over a 75% increase in less than a month despite health risks, president trump is pushing hard on opening schools. >> this is one of the reasons that we're working to safely and responsibly re-open our country, re-open our schools, get our country going again 100%. >> reporter: you heard the president talk about the economy. there are some parents who cannot afford a baby-sitter. that means they can't make an income. but at the same time they don't want their kids coming to school and getting sick but right now it doesn't appear there is a good solution for that. dan. >> massively consequential for the economy, the health and the mental health of families across the country. zohreen, thank you very much. let's talk about the politics of all this now. this morning the democrats are denouncing president trump's overnight move to commute the sentence of his longtime friend and associate roger stone just days before stone was set to report to prison.

abc's rachel scott is in washington with more on that and other angles this morning. rachel, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. roger stone said the decision came in the nick of time right before he was set to start that 40-month prison sentence. earlier this week attorney general william barr called that sentence fair but the white house says stone was treated unfairly and he will spend no time behind bars. overnight president trump declaring his longtime friend roger stone a free man. >> just a few minutes ago i had a very gracious call from the president of the united states. he told me that he had decided to use his extraordinary powers of clemency to commute my sentence. >> reporter: stone, a longtime adviser and ally to the president, was found guilty of lying to congress, witness tampering and obstructing the house investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. in a statement, the white house press secretary calling stone a victim of the russia hoax,

saying he has already suffered greatly and echoing the president's repeated claims that he was treated very unfairly. >> this has not been a fair process. i think roger stone was very unfairly treated as were many people. >> reporter: stone, a self-described dirty trickster, will not serve a day of his more than three-year prison sentence. while republicans praise the move, democrats quickly condemn it. >> what we're seeing today is an appalling overture to people essentially from the president saying if you lie for me, you cover up for me, i will reward you. on the other hand, if you are a rat and you cooperate, then like a mafia boss, i will come after you. >> reporter: the decision coming late friday night as the president wrapped up a trip to florida. the state now fighting a rise in coronavirus cases but the president did not hold a single event on the pandemic. rather, focusing in on drug trafficking, sanctions against venezuela and campaign fund-raising, bouncing from event to event without wearing a

mask. in an interview with telemundo he suggested the virus is under control. >> we're winning the war. some areas have flamed up but they're going to be very good in a period of time. >> reporter: but this weekend, president trump's campaign plans brought to a halts. his outdoor rally in new hampshire postponed. his campaign blaming bad weather. and president trump will visit walter reed medical center today. he said in an interview he will likely wear a mask as he visits veterans and health care workers on the front lines. eva. >> rachel scott for us. jeffrey epstein's alleged co-conspirator ghislaine maxwell is asking to be released on bond. her attorneys arguing she be released on $5 million bond with gps monitoring saying, due to covid, if she stays behind bars, her health would be at risk and it would keep her from participating in her defense. while in jail she is under constant monitoring wearing only paper clothes and no sheets on her bed. the hearing for her bond is scheduled for tuesday. turning to tropical storm

fay making landfall in the northeast. it is now weakened but it brought strong winds and heavy rain that flooded neighborhoods. rob is in bridgeport, connecticut, with a look at the damage and what we can expect in the coming hours. rob, good morning. >> hey, good morning, whit. hard to believe we're onto the sixth storm already and this is only the second week of july. incredibly busy hurricane season. this one took a few days to develop and got itself off the carolina coast and did a number in the mid-atlantic and northeast. overnight, tropical storm faye slamming the oeast coast bringig powerful winds and flooding. the storm making landfall in new jersey, some shore towns were left under water. south of atlantic city, fire and police responding to numerous calls. further north, the storm toppling trees. watch as this one falls right onto a home outside of newark. in hackensack, a high water truck arriving on the scene rescued two passengers stranded in the floodwaters. the storm tearing down power lines, leaving thousands of new

jersey and new york residents in the dark. the torrential rains causing water to cascade into subway stations in new york city. always surreal to see the rain coming down the steps of the subway. this storm making a direct run at new york city and this is not the first time this has happened, albeit rare. here's a look at where it made landfall yesterday, just north of atlantic city. a lot of heavy rain across delaware and maryland, over half a foot in some spots. it made landfall just north of atlantic city. irene in 2011 made landfall north of atlantic city before making a run in new york. and super storm sandy making landfall just north of atlantic city. kind of an unlucky swath in a place where you would like to get lucky, atlantic city. some leftover moisture and the front approaching from the west and the front that's approaching from the west created thunderstorms yesterday in the

great lakes and midwest will squeeze that moisture and we'll see strong thunderstorms in the area that got hit by faye yesterday. large hail, flash flooding and can't rule out a possible tornado there or in the midwest where another disturbance will create severe weather, a pretty big swath this afternoon w good saturday morning. i'm lisa argen. the view from mount tam nice and sunny out there. we'll look for that inland heat to continue over the weekend. hotter tomorrow with an increased risk of fire danger in the upper elevations where it is very warm. and the relative humidity drops below 20%. cooling begins early next week. highs today anywhere from the low 60s maf moon bay to the next storm up after fay is the g storm, gonzalo. hopefully it won't do much but we'll be tracking it. back over to you guys. >> thank you, robert. we'll see you much more throughout the morning. appreciate your reporting.

and let's brighten the mood with a story of intelligence and perseverance that involves a college student who went from being rejected by every school he applied for to being sipped into an obscure law school known as harvard law school. janai has much more from her home in new jersey. janai, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, harvard law school, maybe you've heard of it. this is such an inspiring story, sure to put a smile on your face. it's about a student who refused to give up no matter what challenge life threw his way, eventually going from a sanitation worker to, as you said, dan, harvard law school. rehan staton knows about overcoming obstacles. >> food insecurities, housing insecurities. i remember our hvac system broke so during the winters it was super cold. it was like super cold and i would have to wear a jacket to go to sleep. >> reporter: as a kid he was raised by a single father who

struggled to provide for rehan and his brother. he struggled in school where his grades suffered. >> pretty much every school i applied to rejected. >> reporter: he gave up on school, taking a job as a sanitation worker. the experience changing his life. >> it was the first time in my life where people just came around me, they saw a young guy who they considered to be smart and said, look, come back one day but you don't need to be here right now. go to school. >> reporter: that's what he did. getting his grades up to a 4.0 and accepted into the university of maryland, working double shifts at the sanitation company to pay for school and aiming to pay back his brother and father who sacrificed so he could succeed, and rehan reached higher, applying to one of the most prestigious law schools in the country, harvard. >> all right. i'm clicking it. congratulations! >> reporter: his message, no matter what comes your way, keep going, keep fighting, keep your eyes on the prize. >> sometimes you got to take a knee. that's okay but you always got to get back up.

>> reporter: an incredible story. he will start classes at harvard this fall and his story so inspiring to others that a gofundme page set up to help pay for his school has now surpassed $100,000. so a lot of people obviously wanting to chip in and help him. guys. >> i love that idea that sometimes you have to take a knee but you can always get back up, and he did it repeatedly. incredible story. >> i like his reaction too reading the word congratulations. >> knowing the letter was good. >> sinking in. >> i've seen enough. >> great story. >> thanks, janai. >> thanks, janai. coming up, a white woman charged in a parking lot confrontation caught on camera is speaking out and sharing her side of the story. why she says she pulled a gun on a black mother and her kids. plus, they're the volunteers testing potential coronavirus vaccines to see if they're safe and effective. what they're experiencing so far. >> so interesting. such an important story. also, disney world starting to re-open this morning. we've got an exclusive look at

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good morning everyonutz. oakland city officials are asking people to give lake merritt a break this weekend. this is new push to avoid overcrowding. today and tomorrow officials will close roads and restrict parking around the lake from 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

they include mcarthur to hanover, bellevue avenue and the lakeview parking lot. hey, lisa. >> good morning to you. a look at the golden gate bridge where we had just a few patches of fog and a little bit floating by, but otherwise it's a sunny start. 62 in san jose. it is 60 in oakland, and the exploratorium camera nice and clear here. 50s in the north bay. look for 67 in the city with mid-90s returning inland. and even hotter day tomorrow with near 100 inland.

welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. coming up in our second hour, jada pinkett smith and will smith open up about a relationship she had when the couple was reportedly separated. our "gma" cover story will have all the details on that still ahead. >> they get very candid about their relationship. it's a really interesting conversation. some of the other big stories we're following, happening right now, hospitals pushed to their limits as coronavirus surges. 36 states seeing a rise in cases as the number of new daily cases climbs to a new record of 67,0 some states and thki aau t re-openings. bars in las vegas forced to close as seven counties in nevada roll back to phase 1 because of a rise in infections. also happening right now the u.s. army announced it is launching a comprehensive review of the command, climate and

culture at ft. hood in texas. this comes after the death of army specialist vanessa guillen who was found dead after claiming she was harassed. investigators say guillen was harassed but that it was not sexual harassment as guillen's family has claimed and that it did not involve her alleged killer, specialist aaron robinson. and reduced capacity. the jacksonville jaguars telling season ticket holders that the team expects about 25% capacity at tiaa bank field in 2020. the jaguars say they are working with ticketmaster to develop a new seating chart that allows for six feet of distance between the fans. and we're going to start this half-hour with an exclusive look at the phased re-opening of walt disney world which comes as florida faces skyrocketing coronavirus cases. abc's will reeve right there inside the magic kingdom. will, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. i am here. today is the day, walt disney world welcoming guests back for the first time in months.

magic kingdom, animal kingdom opening today. the other parks later next week. amid the pandemic, it'll be a new disney experience for everyone, one with new safety protocols throughout. this morning, walt disney world is re-opening. >> hi, guys. welcome back. >> reporter: today in a cautious and phased approach, disney's animal kingdom and magic kingdom welcoming guests for the first time in four months since its pandemic-induced shutdown, with hollywood studios and epcot planning to re-open later next week but as covid-19 cases surge here in florida, some are asking if now is the right time. >> should walt disney world be opening right now? >> in these unique times i think we've evolved. we've become more flexible and i think we're ready for this new world. >> reporter: disney had to reimagine the park experience new health and safety measures in place at the p "gma" getting an exclusive look and insight from josh, the

chairman of disney parks experiences and products. >> we have protocols in place from before our guest enters to when they're inside the park to new cast member training. >> reporter: disney world will be limiting daily attendance. guests must make advance reservations for their visit. upon arrival, a mandatory temperature check. face coverings required at all times for ages 2 and up except for when dining or swimming. mobile ordering at restaurants will reduce physical contact, with more hand sanitizing stations placed around the parks. >> i think when guests come in and walk our parks, they're going to immediately feel it's different. same magic will be there but it will feel different. you'll look up main street and won't see the same crowds you saw before. we're designing this experience to be more contemporary meaning in this new normal we're in. >> reporter: there are ample reminders to keep your distance throughout the experience. >> hey, guys. good job at physical distancing. >> reporter: including on disney world's iconic attractions. >> at the end of the day, what success is going to look like, even though it might be difficult to see is the smiles on people's faces, to come back

and experience the joy of disney. >> reporter: disney has emphasized that for this to work cast members and guests must work together. you heard me ask josh should disney world be re-opening? he said, absolutely, we believe we have the right plan in place. whit. >> will, i'll pick it up from here to say, as we mentioned during the piece in the graphic, disney is the parent company of abc news. will reeve, thank you again for your reporting this morning. whit, over to you. now to the vaccine, volunteers literally rolling up their sleeves in the fight against covid-19 and describing what they've been experiencing after receiving an experimental vaccine. abc's david wright has more. >> reporter: it's been four months since 43-year-old jennifer heller of ballard, of washington, became the first american to be injected with

experimental covid vaccine. >> it's been 16 weeks since i had the first dose. >> reporter: she's one of dozens of brave volunteers putting themselves at risk to help find a vaccine that is safe and effective for the rest of us. there are a lot of unknowns. ian hayden, a 29-year-old science communications specialist at the university of washington, is participating in the same trial funded by the pharmaceutical company moderna and the nih. >> so i got two injections, one month apart. the actual shots themselves, they didn't feel like anything. >> reporter: he says the first gave him a sore arm. the second one brought on mild flu symptoms for a day or so. >> i was concerned a bit going through this. i didn't want it to get any worse. >> reporter: experts say our hopes for a return to normal life depend very much on the trial's success. the first phase 3 trial is set to start this summer. >> it's the citizenry of our country that have to help us as scientists find out whether the vaccine is going to be good enough for all of us. >> i'm feeling very normal. i am taking the same precautions that everybody else is right

now, wearing a mask out in public. >> reporter: like all of us, they're hoping for the best. for "good morning america," david wright, abc news, new york. >> and i think we are all hoping for a vaccine that works very soon. >> yes. let's switch gears and get a check of our weather and turn to rob marciano with what looks like it is going to be a very warm forecast. >> that's right, eva. 'tis the season, right? you don't get an afternoon cooling thunderstorm. well, you're going to be smoking hot. fay now gone, heat and humidity to respond to that and this is not the only spot that's going to be warm. check it out across the south especially you continue to bake. heat advisories up for northern florida, across i-10 into pretty much entire texas and heat warnings up for much of the southwest where temperatures could very well reach record numbers and those numbers that you saw are with the humidity. these are without the humidity. how about this, 118 in palm springs, 116 in phoenix. even dallas touching the century

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if there is an earthquake. our house has a better chance of surviving in. welcome back to "gma." the woman at the center of this video shared more than 12 million times is speaking out about why she pulled out a gun during a confrontation in a chipotle parking lot. abc's alex presha joins us with what she's saying. good morning to you, alex. >> reporter: good morning, eva. this is another one of those cases we're talking about because of cell phone video. the black family held at gunpoint says it was racial. the white woman who pulled her gun said she feared for her life. >> she got the gun on me. >> get away. >> reporter: this morning, two sides to a video gone viral. 32-year-old jillian wuestenberg seen here pulling a gun on a black family during an argument in a parking lot says she did it because she feared for her life.

>> so you felt like you had no choice at that point but to pull the gun? >> yeah. >> that was what was in your mind? >> yeah, just i need to live. >> reporter: the incident happened in orion township in michigan. wuestenberg says she was leaving the restaurant with bags of food. on the way out she passed by takelia hill and her 15-year-old daughter. hill's daughter says jillian bumped her. >> she came out and started yelling at me. i held my left hand up and said walk away. just walk away. it escalated from there. >> reporter: wuestenberg says the hill family threatened her and her husband, called her a racist and ignorant, but she was able to get in her minivan. she says as they tried to leave, hill hit the back window. the video shows her loading a round into the chamber of her handgun and pointing it at the hill family. wuestenberg eventually gets back into the minivan and she and her husband drive away. when prosecutors saw this video they charged both jillian and

her husband eric with felonious assault. takelia hill's attorney said prosecutors should have done more. >> it's absolutely disgusting conduct from the defendants in this case. >> hill's attorneys also believe race played a part in this. >> they had to have an honest and reasonable belief they would sustain an injury. so where did that come from? the only thing it could have come from was her race. >> reporter: now, wuestenberg's attorney says he believes hill violated michigan's ethnic intimidation statute. wuestenberg insists that she's not a racist. eva? >> thank you for that. coming up, dr. jen ashton with how covid-19 is affecting pregnant women. stay with us. >> thank you for that. sglfrj dr. jen ashton with how covid-19 is affecting pregnant women. stay with us. oh, that's a good . wait, what's that? that's just the low-battery warning. oh, alright. now it's all, "check out my rv," and, "let's go four-wheeling." maybe there's a little part of me that wanted to be seen. well, progressive helps people save when they bundle their home with their outdoor vehicles. so they've got other things to do now, bigfoot.

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suggest that they're more at risk for hospitalizations, icu admission, not really at increased risk of death but every single death in a pregnant woman has a major ripple effect for sure in their family. >> absolutely. another headline this morning, the world health organization acknowledging the possibility that covid-19 can be transmitted indoors by aerosol particles that linger in the air instead of falling to the ground as we may have thought at the beginning, and dr. fauci is now saying aerosol transmission is likely to some degree. so what are the implications here? >> well, there are implications, dan, but it's important to remember that when people hear that headline which can be frightening and scary, according to aerosol scientists and inpe the difference between aerosol and airborne and respiratory droplets is really based on semantics. it's about how large those particles are, how far they can

travel from the infectious source and how long they can linger in the air. when you talk about implications, particularly for indoors, it may be how far apart we're suggested to be from each other. it may be potentially down the road masks indoors, and there are people looking at possible transport of these particles via air-conditioning systems, although that is really not firmly proven at this point. so scientists working at the biology, physics and chemistry of how these viral particles move. >> implications for schools, offices, bars, movie theaters, anything happening inside is a huge chunk of our economy. dr. jen, great to see you on a saturday morning. thank you very much for getting up with us. >> thanks, dan. >> we'll be right back with our "play of the day." of the day." if your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes! over-the-counter eye drops typically work

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>> they didn't gif give me a wrap. >> we got the wrap. i heard the wrap. >> they're telling us to wrap. anyway, "good morning america" is now two hours on saturday. coming up an increase in coronavirus cases, more than 30 states, can we get this thing under control? and "gma's" cover story, jada pinkett smith answering allegations of an affair. ring allegations of an affair. good morning everyone. i'm liz kreutz, and if you're an animal lover listen up. berkeley humane is seeking your help and it's as simple as sharing a story. hosting their fourth annual story telling competition next month called best in show, stories from beyond the shelter. to enter and compete they're asking you to go to their

website and submit a short story about how a rescue animal has impacted yourife. s ly 1th. it doesn't matter if the animal was berkeley humane or another rescue. you'll be competing for cash and other prizes and the three top selected winners will get to share their stories in august featuring the author amy tam. boy, are those cute little puppies. let's get a check of the weather now. >> it's going to get hot out there especially inland but comfortable at the coast, 64 in oakland, 66 in mountain view, san jose already 65, 67 in gilroy, from our east bay hills camera going to be a warm one here. comdegrees warmer than yesterday. mid-90s likely for the livermore valley. 59 in santa rosa, mid-60s in concord, 67 in livermore. a quick warmup today and numbers will climb through the mid and

even upper 90s in spots, but heat relief comes from the coast where temperatures will be in the upper 60s. that sea breeze up to about 20 meals an hour today. 77 though in santa cruz. the rest of the bay area enjoying the typical warmth around the bay with midupper 70s for you in oakland, 81 for you in fremont, low 90s morgan hill and santa rosa. the accuweather seven day forecast even hotter tomorrow, near 100 inland and more cooling on monday. liz? >> all right, i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's reatrlly, really usly prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

good morning, america. it's our second hour, and happening right now, dire numbers as the pandemic grips this country. coronavirus cases increasing in three dozen states as some hospitals become overburdened. what we're learning right here this morning. president trump commutes roger stone's sentence. meanwhile, trump postponing his new hampshire rally and visiting florida without a mask despite the state's coronavirus outbreak. what you need to know. jada pinkett smith getting candid, confirming she had a relationship when she and will smith were once separated. >> so that's what we're going to start with. >> we're going to start with -- >> this is a very personal journey. >> yeah. >> that became very public. >> all the details about jada and will's major revelation in our "gma" cover story.