sic) breaking overnight, congressman john lewis has died. praises pouring in for the civil rights giant, the man who made civil rights his life's work. >> keep marching. >> alongside martin luther king jr., front and center on the bridge in selma with decades of service in congress. >> it doesn't matter whether we are black or white, latino, asian-american, native american. >> how friends and colleagues are remembering him this morning. party's over. officials in florida using helicopters to break up large covid-19 gatherings. a doctor's bleak warning. >> you have a choice. you can wear a mask or you can have a tube in your mouth. >> and with a growing number of states issuing mask mandates, we'll talk live to savannah's mayor van johnson about his fight with the governor over it.

the battle to re-open. schools struggling to meet guidelines. the vast differences in plans across the country. >> i'm pretty sure i'm not going to make it. >> some teachers fear their lives are at stake here and they're now taking drastic measures. >> charges filed. two men facing multiple counts in a fourth of july weekend confrontation caught on camera. what the alleged victim is saying and how the suspects are defending themselves. and summer scorcher. dangerous hot weather hitting the midwest to the northeast. heat alerts in place for some of the hottest temperatures this year. hey, good morning, everybody. great as always to be here in studio with eva. whit, as you may be able to see, is working remotely, joining us from home. whit, good morning. >> that's right, dan and eva, good morning to you both. it's been a while since we fired

up studio wj. we're back at it again working from home. hope to join you both in times square very soon. in the meantime, two big stories that we're following this morning on the coronavirus front, the u.s. breaking yet another record. >> more than 71,000 cases reported in a single day, although that number does include 5,000 cases from a reporting backlog in texas. the trump administration saying we need our doctors focused on the pandemic response which is why the white house is now blocking cdc director robert redfield from testifying before congress about how to re-open schools safely. >> much more coming up on the coronavirus. we'll start here though with the breaking news overnight, the passing of longtime congressman john lewis. he was a pillar of the civil rights movement and he had been battling pancreatic cancer. we have team coverage right here this morning. we'll start with abc's byron pitts, "nightline" anchor. byron, good morning to you.

>> reporter: good morning, dan. with courage and conviction john lewis helped change america. he's been described as one of the giants of the civil rights movement and that's true, but at just 5'6" tall, john lewis was an acorn who stood up to oak trees. john robert lewis didn't simply witness history, he shaped it. marched for it. bled for it. not once, not twice, but every time he was called upon. as lewis liked to put it, by just getting in the way. >> keep marching, keep sitting in. keep standing in. keep protesting until the sagging walls of segregation come tumbling down. >> reporter: a share cropper's son born in alabama in 1940 back when segregation was law, jim crow the enforcer. the montgomery bus boycott drew attention of one teenager and soon civil rights would become john lewis' life work and it nearly killed him. as a student at fisk university, lewis graduated from lunch

counter sit-ins and bus boycotts to freedom rider. as would become his habit, where john lewis put his heart, his head followed. that's him, bruised, bandaged after he and other riders were beaten, shedding blood and standing up when others could not or would not. that became lewis' calling card. >> we must cry. we all must cry together. we want our freedom and we want it now. >> reporter: by 1963 at the age of 23, alongside martin luther king jr., he was dubbed one of the big six leaders of the civil rights movement who helped plan the historic march on washington. >> my friends, let us not forget that we are involved in a serious social revolution. >> reporter: and on a high bridge in selma, one of the low moments of the entire civil rights movement, there out front, john lewis. 600 peaceful protesters crossed the edmund pettus bridge into

the harsh heat of history. it would be known as bloody sunday. violence unleashed by alabama state troopers, lewis struck in the head, suffered a fractured skull. >> i was the first one to catch the blow. >> reporter: john lewis was elected to congress in november of 1986. he served as u.s. representative of georgia's 5th congressional district where he continued to get into what he called good trouble. >> i got arrested 40 times during the '60s. and since i've been in congress another five times. >> reporter: in recent years he was an outspoken critic of president trump, skipping the president's inauguration and first state of the union address and he also took part in widespread protests against the president's zero tolerance immigration policy. >> we are getting in good trouble to set people free. i will go to the borders. i'll get arrested again. >> reporter: lewis often reminding people to choose love over hate, courage over fear.

>> it doesn't matter whether we are black or white, latino, asian-american or native american, it doesn't matter whether we are straight or gay, we are one people, we are one family, we all live in the same house. >> reporter: john lewis was 80 years old. he was an american patriot who loved america even when america didn't always love him. eva. >> byron, a reminder of love this morning. thank you so much. and lewis' colleagues in congress remembering his great achievements. abc's rachel scott is in washington with more on that story. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: eva, good morning. congressman john lewis believed it was his moral obligation to stand up and fight, and that fight for racial justice started in the south but ended right here on capitol hill. this morning, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say the civil rights movement has lost a legend and congress has lost a fearless leader.

from the freedom rides and the jim crow south to sit-ins on capitol hill. and his final public appearance last month, fittingly, at black lives matter plaza. here in washington, congressman john lewis was known as the conscience of congress, a democratic force. >> where is the heart of this body? where is our soul? where is our moral leadership? where is our courage? >> reporter: this morning, lewis remembered as one of the greatest heroes in american history, from his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. house speaker nancy pelosi calling lewis a titan of the civil rights movement whose bravery transformed our nation. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell writing, you did not need to agree with john on many policy details to be awed by his life, admire his dedication to

his neighbors in georgia's 5th district or appreciate his generous, respectful and friendly bearing. lewis would lead bipartisan delegations to selma, democrats and republicans standing shoulder to shoulder marching across the edmund pettus bridge. the civil rights icon was awarded the presidential medal of freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, in february 2011. >> generations from now when parents teach their children what is meant by courage the story of john lewis will come to mind. an american who knew that change could not wait for some other person or some other time, whose life is a lesson in the fierce urgency of now. >> reporter: in march, members of congress threw lewis a surprise birthday party. he turned 80 years old. ♪ happy birthday >> reporter: congresswoman katherine clark writing, the pride of our lives is calling you a friend. and it was right here in the nation's capital almost 60 years ago that congressman lewis marched on washington declaring

america cannot rest until everyone is treated equally. president obama saying he loved his country so much that he risked his own life and blood so that it might live up to its promise. eva. >> rachel, thank you. congressman john lewis was 80 years old, and ambassador andrew young will join us at 7:30 to remember his dear friend, whit. >> all right, eva, thank you. now to the other top story we're following this morning, the coronavirus crisis. according to johns hopkins university we are up to 14 million cases globally and more than 600,000 deaths, a 40% increase in cases in under three weeks. here at home the trump administration saying we need our doctors focused on the pandemic response which is why the white house says it's now blocking cdc director robert redfield from testifying before congress about how to re-open schools safely. abc's trevor ault is joining us now from new york with the very latest on the surge. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit.

to be frank, continues this morning. more than half the united states now reporting more than half their daily totals are increasing and this week four states hit daily highs. health officials are loudly urging people to wear masks but in some areas, they continue to get pushback. coming off another record day of new covid-19 cases, health officials are telling americans in blunt terms if you want to stop the spread, you have to wear a mask. >> you have a choice, you can wear a mask or you can have a tube in your mouth. >> reporter: 28 states, puerto rico and washington, d.c. have now issued mask mandates and dr. anthony fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, says he hopes to see more of them. >> but i would urge the leaders, the local political and other leaders in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizenry to wear masks. >> reporter: but the president making it clear he will not issue a national mask mandate.

>> and i don't agree with the statement that if everybody wear a mask everything disappears. as you know, masks cause problems too. with that being said, i'm a believer in masks. >> reporter: several major retailers including lowe's and home depot have joined the list of national chains requiring face coverings but more drastic measures may be necessary. an unpublished document prepared for the white house coronavirus task force this week and obtained by the center for public integrity says 18 states are in a red zone for covid cases, recommending those states scale back re-openings. florida has now logged three straight days with more than 10,000 new cases. testing sites like the miami dolphins hard rock stadium with massive lines as other locations say they've had to close because they don't have enough supplies. in osceola county the sheriff's office is searching for so-called covid parties by helicopter and sending deputies in to try to break them up. on the front lines military

medics are deploying hoping to help with the deluge of patients in places like texas which just reported its fourth straight day of record deaths. >> today marks our fourth month on the trenches. >> reporter: dr. pena has not had a full day off since mid-march. she first helped fight the virus in new york city. she's now on the ground in houston. >> we have to help each other. >> reporter: the lister family in houston knows that all too well. all five of them contracting the virus. >> i always wondered when i hear people say i'm tired, i'm ready to just go to heaven, you know, i could never empathize with that until covid hit my body. >> i prayed that my whole family would be relieved from the pain because it was so bad. >> reporter: luckily 19-year-old daveon was asymptomatic and by himself he nursed his parents and brothers back to health. >> i was seeing the rest of my family go through pain and i just wanted to do everything i

could to help them out. >> reporter: while more than a dozen states are now rolling back re-openings, on monday here in new york city, they're going to move forward into phase 4 allowing more outdoor activities, but indoor activities like restaurant dining, those are going to remain restricted. eva. >> all right, trevor, thank you. joining us from georgia where local officials are fighting with the governor over mask mandates is savannah mayor van johnson. thank you so much for being with us this morning. you have a mask mandate in effect despite the governor saying he overrides such measures by local officials. the governor is even going so far as to sue atlanta over its mask mandate. what is your response to all of this? >> this is absolutely amazing to me, and thank you for the opportunity, but at a time in which we should be singularly focused on fighting covid-19, in georgia we're fighting each other and our governor is suing our capital city. it does not make sense at all. >> now, talking about the mask mandate in savannah, are you

issuing fines for those failing to wear masks? >> we are continuing to enforce our mask ordinance. from the very beginning our goal was compliance, not to be punitive, so we will offer a mask before we fine someone. >> and just give us a sense of what you guys are dealing with there in savannah. what are you most concerned about when you're looking at these rising numbers in your state? >> well, we're very concerned. savannah is a very beautiful city with 15 million visitors a year. we're right off the i-95 corridor. people come here from all over the world and that's what our issue is. people are coming here. they're coming here from places that are hot spots, and our businesses have been largely compliant but we have people coming here. we have to have the ability to be able to defend ourselves and have the ability to get in front of covid-19 and we know from the science, it's been very clear from the beginning, as over 20 states had done so and corporate giants that you have to --

wearing a mask stops the -- slows down the spread of this virus. >> you've received some criticism for your mask mandate, even some signing a petition online for a recall. what do you say to the citizens of savannah as far as masks go and as far as this petition that's out there? >> well, if somebody wants to recall me for doing all i can as long as i can to protect the city of savannah, her citizens and business interests, if that's what i'm charged with, i'm guilty as charged. >> mayor van johnson, thank you so much for being with us this morning. dan. >> thank you so much. let's keep going with the story. earlier i spoke with the former cdc director tom frieden to get his thoughts on america's approach to fighting the virus. here's what he said. >> sir, good morning. let's start with masks. we just heard the president say he does not support a national mask mandate. where are you on that? >> in every community, every

state, it's really important that people wear masks when they're near other people and this is one of the essential things we have to do but only one of them. >> you co-authored an op-ed in "the washington post" in which you argued that -- and i'm quoting here -- extraordinary efforts by the trump administration to undermine the cdc, the organization you once ran, that those efforts are contributing to the current surge we're seeing in cases across the country. can you explain? >> what is getting in the way of schools re-opening isn't cdc guidelines, it's uncontrolled spread of the virus. all of us can do something to make it more likely that schools can open and stay open. we can do the three ws, wear a mask, wash your hands, watch your distance. in addition, every community needs to know how its government is doing with contact tracing, with testing. it's just of very little value for a test to come back five, seven, ten days later. tests should come back within a day or two and there should be quick response to that.

>> we've been talking about testing, tracing, wearing a mask, washing hands for months and a lot of these things have not fully materialized. given that and given that we're six weeks away from the opening of school how optimistic or pessimistic are you about the fact we'll get schools open and what's going to happen even beyond that? >> the single most important thing to enable our school to open and stay open is to control the virus. if you have uncontrolled spread of the virus in a community, it's going to be extraordinarily difficult to open schools and keep them open. we need to be planning right now how to have smaller class size, how to reduce the number of surfaces that everyone touches, how to have kids and adults wear masks, what to do about teachers and students and staff who have underlying health conditions. they're going to have to distance for awhile. >> are you seeing those things happen and as a consequence what is your level of optimism or pessimism about whether we'll be able to make this happen? >> one of the things that's concerning to me is we have such

a different set of everything, procedures, dashboards, indicators, messages in different communities, different states. i think the more we're on the same page the more likely we are to really focus on fixing the things that need to be fixed like rapid test turnaround, like contact tracing, like universal masking when we're near other people and the more we're on that same page and tracking that, the better we're going to do and the more likely it is that schools will re-open. >> we need to make some sacrifices for our kids here. former cdc director tom frieden, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> he listed a lot of things that he wants to see happen. not clear that he's super optimistic that those things will happen. >> it doesn't look like for a lot of people that schools will open with students in classrooms. >> tough on the kids, tough on the parents. let's switch gears and get a check of our weather with rob marciano in norwalk, connecticut with fire alerts and a heat wave. good morning, rob. >> and heat, yes, tough to get the kids out of the house when

it's smoking hot. if you have a way to cool off do so. we're just getting into the throes of this. some heat is aggravating the fire situation. this is out of utah. they had some evacuations ongoing. those since have been lifted although it looks pretty daunting. 20% containment thereabouts and getting a little more under control. the fire threat today, at least weather, wind and dry weather considerations, parts of idaho and wyoming. here's the heat. midsection of the country, spreading east. heat advisories across over a dozen states and heat warnings as well with temperatures that will feel like up and over 100 degrees in lincoln, nebraska, des moines, iowa, lacrosse, chicago as well and those humidity readings will be increasing on the east coast as well. temps from d.c. and philly and new york will feel at least into the 90s today. that's a check o good saturday morning. i'm lisa argen. check out all the low clouds here from our east bay hills camera. we're going to see a warmer day.

it seems a little impressive right now, but a lot of sunshine and temperatures climbing back into the 90s for our friends in our inland valleys. meanwhile drizzle at the coast. looking at that warmer weather inland tomorrow as well. moderate air quality in the south bay that should be improving. highs there in the mid-80s. 74 today in oakland. coming up in the next half hour, we'll talk about how long the heat will last. guys, back to you in studio. >> robert, thank you very much. we'll see you in the next half hour. check this out, an original rosie the riveter who was on the front lines during world war ii is now on the front lines of the coronavirus and abc's david wright has her story. >> i'm 94 years old and thought, well, i'm healthy, thank god. >> reporter: mae crier was just 17 when pearl harbor was bombed. >> i built b-17s and b-29s at boeing in seattle during world war ii and during the korean war.

i worked during the korean war. >> reporter: she's one of hundreds of american women who became heroes on the home front taking jobs on assembly lines while their brothers and sons went off to war. ♪ rosie the riveter, immortalized in poster and song. ♪ she's making history working for victory ♪ ♪ rosie the riveter >> reporter: crier is still working today. >> i used to work with a rivet gun. now working with a sewing machine. >> reporter: making face masks these days, more than 300 so far. >> that's a nice one. >> this is my favorite. >> reporter: the polka dot bandanna helpful to rosie for keeping her hair out of the machinery. now it has an entirely new purpose in the age of covid-19. >> it seems to me that wearing a little face mask is not a big sacrifice, but that's my opinion. >> reporter: the message, still the same. >> i think you'll have to make a new poster with one of these. >> i got that.

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it's very simple. when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something, to say something, to speak up and speak out. [ applause ] >> that was civil rights giant congressman john lewis explaining on "the view" a few years back what pushed him to dedicate his life to fighting for civil rights. so much history as people are remembering the congressman this morning. >> we've been reporting he died overnight at the age of 80, so tributes continue to pour in. congressman dan killedy is remembering his friend this morning. he had been casting proxy votes for lewis while he was sick. >> john's work was always part of the march towards justice.

he saw the possibilities in the united states and never gave up. i guess the most important thing we can do is take his lesson of remaining optimistic. uyyou know, for a lot of us it will be a personali loss. as frustrating as it is being in congress, i can't tell you how many times we turned to one another and said at least we get to serve with john lewis. >> let's bring in somebody who worked side by side with congressman lewis. andrew young served as u.n. ambassador to the united nations. thank you for joining us on this sad, sad morning. really appreciate it, sir. >> it's a privilege. >> first of all, i just want to say that i'm sending you my condolences on this loss and i'd be curious to hear what's on your mind as you process this news. >> you know, i think of this in the old words of the old negro

spiritual in that great bit, and john lewis and c.t. vivian have been involved together for 60 years in working for changing america and the world. they were both students and activists but their power was spiritual and they were men of integrity. they were men of courage. they risked death constantly and they sort of came up with me and martin luther king and one of the things that martin luther king used to do to get us ready to die was to preach our funerals. he would say that -- he'd do it more like richard pryor, eddie murphy. he made a comedy of your life and he had us laughing at the possibility of death and that was the way he dealt with his

own fears of death and i think it was the way he helped us realize that anything that we have been doing, well, for the last 60 years, any day, death could come. the fact that john made it for 80 years, c.t. for 95 years means that nonviolence does work. they have transformed this country and we still have a long way to go, but john particularly was humble. if i was writing a book about him, i'd list the power of humility. even though we saw him preaching at the march on washington and in many other big rallies, john was at his best when he was

talking person-to-person and when it was a simple testimony of his faith in god, of his faith in humanity, and of his faith in this country and he never wavered in that. i never saw him bitter and i never saw him angry. you don't have the luxury when you're involved in a nonviolent movement. anger just has no power. anger weakens you. so his calm, loving spirit, even loving his enemies -- somebody told me of his sitting down with the klansman who beat him up and reconciling and willingly saying that he held no malice for him, he understood this young man as misguided, underprivileged also

and acting on his emotions and his impulse but once he got to know john -- and we all had those kind of experiences. we are -- have problems because we don't know each other and you fear sometimes what you don't know and when you get to know someone, you realize that there's nothing to fear, but that we can help each other and john did that constantly in the congress for 34 years but all the way back to troy, alabama and montgomery, alabama in the 1950s, so it's a life well lived. >> indeed. indeed. >> i hate to see -- well, i don't hate to see -- you know, i feel with them like i felt with

dr. king's death. i was sort of mad at him. you go to heaven and you're leaving us in hell. how we going to make it without you. and i learned, though, that even though he died 50 years ago from -- more than 50 years ago, that his presence is with us in everything we do and much of what these young people are doing in much of what's happening in the boardrooms and the suites. they're still quoting martin luther king all over the world. >> andrew young, former mayor of atlanta, former congressman, long-time friend of john lewis, what a fitting tribute. so much wisdom in the words you just gave us. thank you so much and, again, my condolences on your loss. let's switch gears now and check the weather with rob marciano who is out in norwalk, connecticut.

rob, good morning once again. >> good morning again, dan. the heat building here. we had severe weather reports yesterday. this video out of palm beach, florida, where a waterspout was spotted. didn't quite come on land but almost did. this guy got very close to it. all right, severe weather threat across the northern plains mostly with the front scooting across the northern tier states from minneapolis to wisconsin -- parts of wisconsin, green bay included. strong winds, large hail, a tornado or two possible especially late in the day. the heat building as we mentioned starting today and then really expands and the heat dome, that high pressure sits over the eastern half into the middle part of the week and heat index readings will feel like 100 degrees in d.c. tomorrow and monday here in new york city potentially farther than that. that's the track on the weather nationally. good saturday morning. waking up to a good deal of low clouds and fog. they'll clear and then by the middle of the day numbers will be climbing es

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>> reporter: booker says the incident began when he was heading to meet friends but was confronted by the group of men telling him he was on private property, saying he tried to walk away but they attacked him. booker says he escaped with a mild concussion, bruises and had patches of hair ripped from his head. he says the current charges are not enough. >> i believe that justice is akin to accountability. this is progress. i will continue to push for federal charges, federal hate crime charges. >> and cox and purdy are facing those local charges but the fbi is still investigating so it is possible that they could end up also facing federal charges. eva. >> a lot of people watching that case, janai, thank you. well, coming up on "good morning america," the concerns some teachers have about heading back to the classroom. stay with us. us. get out of my face! hpv can cause certain cancers when your child grows up.

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good morning, america. it's our second hour, and happening right now, congressman john lewis has died. the civil rights icon was 80 years of age. his towering legacy and the tributes pouring in overnight as the nation mourns his loss. the latest on the coronavirus crisis. the united states logging a troubling number of positive cases as the controversy over mask mandates continues. president trump says he will not issue a national mask mandate. everything we're learning this morning. a surprise royal wedding. princess beatrice getting married as the queen and prince philip looked on in a private ceremony amid the pandemic. plus, the queen knighting captain tom moore, all the details from england.