that's what's making news in america. right now on "america this morning," the coronavirus crisis. nascar hosting the country's biggest event since the start of the pandemic as cases in the hussey hit record highs. new data showing nearly one-third of children tested in florida are positive. the governor of oklahoma also testing positive after attending president trump's rally in tulsa and dr. anthony fauci fires back breaking his silence on a white house effort to undermine his credibility. breaking overnight, campaign shake-up. president trump replacing his campaign manager with less than four months until election day. the new reaction from inside the campaign. the high-profile hack. the popular twitter accounts taken over including former president obama and joe biden. the social media site calling it a coordinated attack overnight.

plus, new details in the death of george floyd. the newly released body cam footage. what the videos reveal. close call, a kayaker sharing his harrowing story after being attacked by a charging alligator. and rumble on the reef. iron mike tyson preparing for the fight of his life against a great white. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with new restrictions to contain the coronavirus with cases climbing in 41 states. >> deaths across the country have jumped 30% in the last week. tulsa's city council passed an ordinance overnight making it mandatory to wear masks in public. the move came hours after oklahoma's governor announced he tested positive for covid-19. walmart, the nation's largest retailer, will require all customers to wear face masks starting next week. it joins a growing list of stores to issue a mask mandate along with a number of cities

and states. the latest being alabama and montana. and nascar held the first large-scale sporting event in months with thousands of fans looking on in person. >> it took place in tennessee as hospitals across the sun belt are struggling to keep up with the rapidly rising infections. this morning, the situation becoming more dire by the minute in california as los angeles reports its highest number of new covid hospitalizations ever. >> they come in faster than we're able to discharge, and, unfortunately, these patients turn very quickly. >> reporter: east of l.a. is one of the busiest fire stations in the country. paramedics rushing dozens to the hospital on wednesday only to find three icu beds available. in oklahoma where cases are climbing, kevin stitt revealing he's the first governor to test positive for the virus. >> the results came back positive. so i feel fine.

>> reporter: stitt has resisted masks for months. even going bare faced at president trump's tulsa rally. his diagnosis, not changing his mind. >> not thinking about a mask mandate at all. >> reporter: in georgia governor brian kemp is banning mask mandates altogether. kemp issuing an executive order overnight that overturns any local laws requiring a face covering in public. it comes amid hot political debate about how the country should approach controlling the virus. >> let's stop this nonsense and figure out how can we get our control over this now. >> reporter: after days of attacks from white house officials, some named, some not, dr. anthony fauci is saying enough is enough calling out trump's top trade adviser peter navarro saying in an op-ed fauci has been wrong about everything i have interacted with him on. >> if you talk to reasonable people in the white house, they realize that was a major mistake on their part because it doesn't do anything but reflect poorly on them. >> reporter: as hospitals in

florida overflow with patients, the governor says students will still be allowed to return to the classroom next month despite new data showing that one in three children test positive for the virus. >> parents need to have the ability to opt for the type of learning that they think is important. >> reporter: on wednesday additional amusement parks in the state including hollywood studios and epcot re-opened to visitors, and overnight nascar hosted the country's biggest event since the start of the pandemic after 30,000 fans getting the green light to watch the all-star race in person in bristol, tennessee. and overnight we've learned the convention center in austin, texas, will open as a field hospital for patients next week. now to the breaking news in washington where president trump announced a shake-up in his re-election team. the campaign's manager is being demoted and replaced. abc's ines de la cuetara has the details from washington. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth. with less than four months until election day, president trump is announcing a major change to his re-election team. the president demoted

longtime manager brad parscale. it comes amid a string of botched efforts to reboot his campaign amid the ongoing pandemic including his june rally in tulsa where only a third of the arena was filled and just last week the president's team again failed to reboot its campaign last week canceling a rally in new hampshire citing weather concerns publicly while privately campaign officials tell abc news they were fearful of a repeat of tulsa. trump promoted the deputy campaign manager bill stepian to the new role of manager. parscale will stay on the team. sources say he was informed of the change by the president's son-in-law jared kushner. the biden campaign is seizing on this saying, quote, almost 140,000 americans have lost their lives and millions more have lost their jobs because of donald trump's failed leadership. the trump campaign's game of musical chairs won't fix this. kenneth and mona. >> all right, ines, thank you. now to the hackers on twitter gaining access to some of the biggest voices on the site.

for several hours yesterday hackers took control of high-profile accounts including former president barack obama, joe biden, even amazon founder jeff bezos. the accounts posted a message that said, quote, all bitcoins sent to my address below will be sent back doubled and the fbi warned of this quickly bearing a blue check mark including president trump's account. twitter says everything is back up and running adding it believes the hackers gained access to the silent's internal systems targeting employees. now to the new footage in the george floyd murder case. the courts allowed the public to view body camera video of the arrest for a short time wednesday. no one was allowed to record or broadcast the video. but we can tell you the images give another look at the final moments of floyd's life. this morning, new video revealing george floyd's final pleas for help. a judge is 5 now allowing the public to release new body camera footage by appointment only and not for broadcast. according to reporters who have

seen the footage floyd out puts his hands on his head. at times he appears to be crying and is heard saying to officer, i'm not a bad guy, but then there is a struggle with officers trying to get floyd into the police car. floyd adamantly says he's claustrophobic and that he doesn't want to get into the squad car. minutes later floyd is face down occasionally saying i can't breathe before he goes still. it's the first look at the officer's view of floyd's death already widely seen on a bystander's cell phone video which set off tumultuous protests. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin who held his knee against floyd's neck for nearly eight minutes is charged with second degree murder. three other former officers are charged with aiding and abetting. callan gray with our minneapolis affiliate has seen the new body camera video. >> we learned from the footage that derek chauvin's camera fell off and was on the

ground for most of the interaction. >> reporter: wednesday floyd's family filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against the city and the four former officers charged. >> it was the knee of the entire minneapolis police department on the neck of george floyd that killed him. >> in that lawsuit floyd's family reveal what they say was his final words. floyd said, please, i can't breathe less than a minute before closing his eyes. a historic moment in north carolina. the city of asheville apologizing to black residents for racist policies and approving a resolution for reparations. the vote calls for increased investment in the black community including in housing and business. the resolution asks the state and federal governments to form policies to create generational wealth. time now for a look at your weather for this thursday morning. a cold front produced tornadoes as it moved through central illinois. this storm cell brought intense hail to some areas.

that same system will create some severe conditions today around the eastern great lakes. checking the temperatures, 80 in detroit and there will be below normal readings in the northeast. the oppressive heat and humidity continues across most of the southern u.s. washington, d.c. could tie a record today. 20 straight days of at least 90 degrees. stay safe. coming up, the youtube star's massive party at his mansion despite local pandemic wars. also ahead, the food fight inside the oval office. why the presi and ivanka trump are seen posing with goya products.

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get away. get away. get away. >> hey. >> shoo. >> that's homeowner christian pondella in mammoth lakes trying to persuade a bear to go away. bears looking for food are a common sight. he says the same bear has visited his home three times since the spring. also in this animal adventure's segment a kayaker who is thrilled to see his 15 minutes of fame. >> he is making headlines after surviving a face-to-face meeting with an alligator. here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning a north carolitotale. 46-year-old pete joyce was kayaking in a north carolina river when he suddenly came face-to-face with an alligator less than four feet from his kayak. >> one initial commotion, i just thought it was a fish, you know, coming out of the water. on the left side. >> reporter: but instead it was

a gator charging right at him. >> as soon as i hit it, i just started trying to keep myself upright. >> reporter: notice the water rippling on the left. the alligator's pushing joyce in the water. >> fortunately there was that tree to the right that assisted me from going all the way under which could have changed the scenario a little bit. >> reporter: joyce able to back away and paddle to safety. >> the one thing that did go through my mind was this is probably not over, and i'm going to end up on the news just hanging out there sitting exposed. >> reporter: he's now attributing his calm under pressure demeanor to his training as an emt and firefighter. >> most people would just be screaming trying to swim away in panic. his intelligence and his outdoor savvy could have saved his life. >> reporter: animals experts say coming face-to-face with an adult alligator is never a good

thing, but if possible hitting the gator in the eyes or snout could help your chances of getting away. kenneth, mona. >> good to know, you. president trump and his daughter ivanka are supporting goya foods which is now the target of a boycott after the ceo heaped praise on the president. both appeared to endorse the brand. now government watchdogs say they are violating the rules of ethics that bar government officials from using their public office to endorse specific products. coming up, the new concern about air-conditioning units spreading coronavirus. also ahead, the tech entrepreneur murdered in his luxury condo. why investigators believe he was targeted. it's starting to happen every day. people are surprising themselves the moment realize they can du more with less asthma. thanks to dupixent, the add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. dupixent isn't for sudden breathing problems.

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she is home and doing well. now to a gruesome killing here in new york city. police say a tech entrepreneur was executed in his manhattan condo. investigators found fahim saleh's body on tuesday. a neighbor told officers they heard screaming the night before. detectives believe the killing was done by a professional and that saleh's sister possibly interrupted the killer dismembering his body. friends say saleh started businesses in nigeria and elsewhere in the developing world. investigators are looking into documents and devices related to his overseas business deals. controversial youtube star jake paul is under fire for throwing a huge house party at his california mansion. cell phone video shows dozens of young people partying inside and outside of the 23-year-old's home in calabasas over the weekend. no masks and no social distancing. the mayor is outraged saying nobody should be acting like covid-19 does not exist. >> i really could not believe that an event like this was

taking place. we expect everyone in our community to act responsibly because we're in this together, and we just cannot show such disregard. >> the mayor is now adopting a zero tolerance policy. she says those types of parties will be broken up immediately. the del mar racetrack near san diego has canceled all horse racing this weekend after 15 jockeys tested positive for covid-19. so far none are showing symptoms and contact tracing is under way. track officials say they expect to resume their schedule next week. turning now to the new push from the nation's top health officials to get the virus under control. dr. anthony fauci says the country needs to hit the reset button while cdc director robert redfield repeated claims that the outbreak would end if everyone wore a mask. earlier i asked dr. imman ali his thoughts on the subject. what do you think is needed to control this surge? >> well, i think, you know, just really we have to control the amount of hospitalizations

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making news, weighing in on "black lives matter." a controversial decision about what will be displayed in every san francisco police station. new questions this morning about a fatal police shooting in vallejo. what happened to a critical piece of evidence. bay area testing sites facing a backlog of covid results. some local doctors say they know what needs to be done to avert a crisis. it is thursday, july 16. we'll get to all those stories in a moment, but first checking >> how are you? >> good, how are you? >> i'm doing well. i'm ready to get this day started because it is friday eve and i want to get to friday. so let's jump in and show you what is going on outside.

hi, everybody. thanks for joining us at this early hour. live doppler 7 shows it is pretty quiet out there. we do have cloud cover in the same areas as yesterday. clouds peel back to the coast and they will reveal hazy sunshine for the afternoon hours. 63 to 66, that is from half moon bay to san francisco. 70 to 80 around the bay. and you can see some low to mid-80s in our inland neighborhoods. and "national enquirer" 90 in the east bay. still looking at warmer weather this weekend, i'll have that coming up. issues of race and social justice are something that we're particularly focused on here at abc 7 as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. in san francisco, every police station will soon be displaying large "black lives matter" posters. the police commissioner approved the measure last night. julian live with move with more.

>> reporter: there was controversy but the vote was unanimous and now there will be a 32 by 24 inch "black lives matter" poster displayed in each of san francisco's police stations. so the big question is why is this happening. san francisco's police chief bill scott said people are talking to us and we must listen. but not everyone wanted to hear it though. the san francisco police officers association called the move politically motivated and in a letter they stated that the stations are places for citizens to seek help and assistance, not plates for political endorsements oral alignment with political organizations. some residents agreed during public comment last night. >> i feel like some areas should be neutral ground, i guess. >> as saying "black lives matter" i think that you are segregating a certain portion of the

population.arly everyone there not sold on the idea. others for different reasons. we posted the story on our abc 7 news facebook page and one viewer commented, what is the point of the signs? that is not real change to the system. another said that is not good enough, what good will a sign do if the bad apples are still in the batch. the city now has 30 days to put the signs up again in each of san francisco's police stations. reporting live this morning, i'm julian glover, abc 7 news. and we have new developments now, the city of vallejo is seeking an outside criminal investigation into the police department's alleged destruction of evidence from a deadly officer on involved shooting. this is body camera video. shooting of sean monterrosa last month. the city says it discovered the windshield ofhr had been destroyed and the car