on wednesday. enjoy. good morning, america. major milestone. for the first time in the united states a large-scale human vaccine clinical trial set to begin. 30,000 americans have volunteered to be a part of a potential breakthrough, lining up this morning to help the fight against covid-19. we're live at the medical center where the clinical trial is about to begin and we will speak with the founder of the company making the vaccine also this morning, the first hurricane slamming the u.s. this season. amid the coronavirus emergency, southern texas reeling after hanna tears through. winds blowing up to 90 miles an hour. streets flooded stranding vehicles and forcing water rescues. and a rare hurricane warning in hawaii ados ence eruptcoast

coas protests turning deadly in austin, a driver in colorado plowing through a crowd. overnight in portland, flashbangs and tear gas flying. unidentified federal agents clashing with protesters and police discovering disturbing stashes of ammunition and molotov cocktails there. royal rift. the new explosive tell-all book detailing harry and meghan's final years inside the palace. what caused the divide between harry and william, and their stunning decision to leave the royal family. farewell to an american hero. >> we cannot give up now. we cannot give in. >> saluting civil rights crossing the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama for the last time. now about to lie in state in the u.s. capitol. and celebrating the life of regis philbin, the legendary larger than life television personality captivating us for six decades. >> that's exactly what i'm talking about.

>> from daytime talk -- >> you're doing that to aggravate me. >> -- to making millionaires. >> this is the final answer heard all around the world, he's won a million dollars. >> this morning, the tributes pouring in for a man who was truly one in a million. >> thank you very much for these great years together. god bless you all and i hope i see you again real soon. thanks, everybody. good morning, america. great to be with you on this monday morning as we look back on the legacy of a television icon, regis philbin, who brought so much joy and happiness and even watching those clips, everyone here in the studio is smiling, and regis making you smile was as sure as the rising sun, i guarantee you that. so much joy and happiness he brought to so many of us. want to welcome you back, robin. you knew and had a chance to be around the spirit of regis philbin. >> thank you so much, michael. i know he was very special to

you, special to many of us, and as you said, the tributes are continuing to pour in. it was something to be in his presence and i'm so glad we'll continue to celebrate him throughout the morning, george and michael. >> he always kept you on your toes as well, robin. we'll talk about him all morning long. we have a lot of news to get to as well this morning, and we start with the latest on the coronavirus emergency. the united states is now reporting more than 4.2 million cases, but there's new vaccine hope this morning, tens of thousands of americans have volunteered for moderna's large-scale human vaccine trial getting under way at locations across 30 states and washington, d.c. >> so we'll speak exclusively with moderna's founder in just a moment but first victor oquendo starts us off in miami with the latest. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, robin. a vaccine cannot come soon enough. today florida will likely top the 6,000 death mark.hoital spa very thin. there is just one available icu

bed here at miami's largest hospital, but this morning we begin with that encouraging news about a possible vaccine. this morning, a major milestone in the battle against covid-19. for the first time in the u.s., phase three vaccine trials are getting under way. 30,0 a a expec vaccine will be the answer to defeating the coronavirus, which has now infected more than 16 million people worldwide. >> i think it's very important that a person steps up and tries to do something good for the world at this point. >> reporter: 73-year-old jeffrey balkind is in good health and says he's not nervous at all about the risks. >> to me it's obvious that a vaccine is the holy grail. >> reporter: the need for a vaccine growing more urgent as the country sees more than 1,000 covid deaths a day for five consecutive days. now fema sending a letter asking medical professionals to help five hard-hit states, arizona, louisiana, texas, california and florida, which now has the second most cases in the country. despite that, florida officials

are considering re-opening bars, but experts warn against it. >> if they open up bars now, they're basically saying good-bye to schools for all of the fall because the caseloads will be too high and, second, in this pandemic, it's not clear to me whether we can open up bars safely anywhere in our country. >> reporter: some teachers are now threatening to quit rather than return for in-person classes as the state sees an alarming surge in infections among children. nearly 8,000 under the age of 17 testing positive in the past week. leah wampler's 8-year-old is in the icu in miami fighting the rare multi-inflammatory syndrome associated with covid-19 in children. he started feeling tired one day and then woke up a fever that hit 105 degrees. >> he is in a lot of pain. he's super nauseous. he was throwing up for days, but now it's the pain. you never want to see your kid so incoherent that they can barely talk to you ever or see them that sick. >> reporter: zane had no covid

symptoms and tested negative for the virus but positive for the antibodies. >> if you would have asked me two weeks ago i would have said, absolutely, send him back to school, but at this point it's not cut and dry. >> reporter: this as new outbreaks linked to gatherings grow. at least 35 lifeguards on the jersey shore testing positive, now told to self-isolate. and the testing crisis deepening. 14 states are now reporting problems. some waiting up to 19 days for results. and in order to help with the testing problems here in south florida at least five new testing locations are opening up but right now all eyes are on those vaccine trials, george. >> victor, thanks. we're going to talk to the co-founder and chairman of moderna, noubar afeyan. thank you for joining us this morning. phase 3 starts today. if all goes well when will we know if it works a hg will it take to get to market? >> good morning, george. thanks for having me. so the plan is to start enrolling this morning and this

will continue over the next couple of months and we have very strong demand of folks who volunteered to participate. we all want to have these answers. thereafter we will collect the data. we have a certain number of cases that we need to see in the trial before we can demonstrate whether the vaccine arm gives us more protection than folks not on the vaccine arm of the trial, and make sure that they are up to the fda to ensure that all the safety and efficacy measures have been met before they can allow the vaccine to be broadly distributed. >> so we're talking next year at the earliest? >> we're talking late this year, next year before the fda can make this adjudication. it will depend somewhat on how rapidly cases emerge in our trial and it's difficult to predict hearing all of the intensification of this virus spreading in the u.s., certainly we will be doing the tests in areas where there is a significant viral challenge so that the test can actually very quickly see whether we're giving

the protection so it could go quicker, but it could also take a little bit longer. >> is the goal to prevent people from getting the coronavirus or will it just decrease the harm? >> we are interested in getting the answer to that as well. vaccines certainly can protect against getting the virus altogether. there is data that is emerging and we will have more to say about that, but it's demonstrated in various quite relevant models, the kind of prevention we'd like to see altogether but only in a large trial will we be able to know whether one gets a little bit of the infection and then the body's immune system shuts it down the same way as someone who already has seen the virus might if reinfected be able to effectively shut it down as we do with the flu or else whether it's going to be completely eliminated so that we get very, very little infection once vaccinated. >> finally, if the vaccine gets

approved, who gets priority in the early stages and how much will it cost? >> we have not yet publicly discussed cost but certainly everybody involved in this, we and other companies, have said that the pandemic is not a time where we intend to use kind of the price as a way to do anything but increase supply, so we will certainly be in the market at a price level that allows us to ramp up our supplies and reach potentially up to a billion people next year, and the choice of who gets the vaccine really is something that we're relying on our partners in the u.s. government and elsewhere to adjudicate. there's certainly more vulnerable people. certain age groups, certain co-morbidities, and intend to work with each country who wants to use our vaccine to ensure it gets to the most vulnerable the quickest. >> mr. afeyan, thank you for your time. good luck with the trial. michael? >> thank you, george. turning to washington, as senate gop leaders and the white house are preparing to unveil their trillion dollar plans this afternoon for the next

coronavirus relief bill. mary bruce joins us with more. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, michael. well, republicans are putting the finishing touches this morning on their plan for the next coronavirus relief bill. here's what we know about it. it would provide another round of those popular $1,200 stimulus checks. $105 billion for schools and $16 billion for testing and contact tracing, but the big sticking point here has been the $600 weekly payments going to help unemployed americans make ends meet which expired this past weekend. now, many republicans felt that amount was simply too high. they say it discouraged people from going back to work. so now republicans want to reduce that check to $200. that is likely to have a very real impact on the roughly 30 million americans relying on this money and, of course, remember, this is just a republican plan. this is a jumping off point for negotiations with democrats and the two parties are far apart on many of these issues. it's likely to take several weeks before we see a final deal here. michael.

>> all right, thank you, mary. you know the public is waiting to see how this all works out. thank you so much. robin. really are. okay, michael, thank you. we're going to turn now to texas reeling from hurricane hanna. rob is on the ground for us in corpus christi tracking the very latest on that, and hawaii bracing for hurricane douglas. good morning, rob. >> good morning, robin. two hurricanes hitting two states this weekend and a rare hurricane warning for hawaii with hurricane douglas, once a category 4 storm, passing dangerously close to those ielg islands right now. that is out of maui last night yesterday with big surf coming in. this is just far enough north and thank flee relatively unscathed.ll skim to the north but certainly destructive winds in some spots and some rough surf.

south texas getting a direct hit. hurricane hanna wreaking havoc in texas, flooding scores of neighborhoods and businesses. after making landfall as a powerful category 1 hurricane. we're in the eye wall of hurricane hanna which is making landfall right now on the coast of south texas with 90-mile-per-hour winds. the storm causing flooding in a maternity hospital over the texas border in reynoso, mexico and doctors and nurses trying to protect expectant mothers and newborns from the rising water. in texas, the first atlantic hurricane of the season blowing over this semi, shredding roofs and splitting structures in half in port mansfield. >> if you have to carry them on your back, carry them on your back. >> reporter: forcing water rescues in corpus christi. texas' governor abbott now issuing disaster dollars for

more than 30 counties as the state battles one of the worst covid outbreaks in the u.s. texas nearing 400,000 cases. this nurse, a mother of five from kansas, coming to corpus christi to help overwhelmed hospitals after working in new york during the peak of the outbreak -- >> why not come down and help where needed. storm or no storm, we're getting it done. >> we're grateful for all their work. such challenging times during a very active hurricane season, and we've got another piece of action in the the atlantic. the national hurricane center putting it at over a 90% chance of developing over the northern caribbean, potentially the bahamas and the u.s. next week. we'll talk about that and the heat in the northeast in just a little bit. robin, back up to you. >> okay, rob. want everyone to stay safe. thinking of all impacted by that weather. okay. michael. >> right about that, robin. thank you. now to those protests erupting across the country. overniion

escalating in portland after of mons >> reporter: explosions, flashbangs, tear gas, protesters tackled. the situation in portland growing more tense. and police making a disturbing discovery finding a stash of ammunition and molotov cocktails like this. the city has been the flash point of conflict since unidentified federal agents sent in by president trump were seen violently clashing with protesters last week. scenes like this reigniting protests from coast to coast. [ crowd chanting ] from los ato laa d richmond, violence growing in some cities thiweeke where protester garrett foster was killed after speaking to reporters. >> they don't let us march in the streets anymore so got to practice some of our rights. >> reporter: foster was legally carrying an ak-47 and was part

of a crowd who surrounded a car that witnesses say had just aggressively accelerated toward protesters. the driver allegedly opening fire, shooting and killing foster. according to police, the shooter claimed garrett pointed his weapon at the car, but witnesses tell abc news they never saw him raise his rifle. and in aurora, colorado, another driver seen plowing through a crowd of people. two people hurt when police say someone fired at the vehicle trying to stop it. and here in seattle, a weekend of dangerous confrontations between protesters and police. 59 seattle police officers were injured on saturday during protests.this pice precuilding here behind me damaged by explosives and while federal agents have been on the ground since last week, george, they have yet to be seen here in seattle. >> kayna whitworth, thanks very much. we turn to the honoring of john lewis, the civil rights gro died earlier this month at the

age of 80. he will lie in state at the u.s. capitol this afternoon after a weekend of memorials in his home state of alabama ahead of his funeral at the historic ebenezer baptist church on thursday. rachel scott is in montgomery, alabama with the story. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. the memorials for john lewis like his fight for justice started right here in his home state of alabama. a state where he nearly lost his life now honors his legacy. the life and legacy of john lewis celebrated in his home state of alabama. >> we cannot give up now. we cannot give in. we must keep the faith. keep our eyes on the prize. >> reporter: the civil rights icon who changed the course of history when he crossed the edmund pettus bridge 55 years ago lying in the state capitol after crossing that bridge in selma for the last time. red rose petals scattered across the pavement where lewis bled for the right to vote. in 1965, left beaten and fractured by alabama state troopers, now 55 years l

new generation of state troopers saluting his casket draped in an american flag, stopping at the foot of the bridge as the crowd told lewis, we've got it now. those who marched with lewis on that bloody sunday paying tribute to a man impatient in the fight for justice who never trembled in the face of fear. >> 80 years of his life, he gave it to all of us. he gave it to the world. he was the conscience of this nation. he helped to transform this nation. >> the last time i saw him he said to me, don't forget to make good trouble. >> reporter: the youngest daughter of dr. martin luther king jr. telling me her uncle john kept her father's legacy alive. >> there were very few people after my father's assassination who remained true to the nonviolent philosophy and methodology, and he carried it forward and legitimated it in this generation of time. >> reporter: and congressman john lewis will continue his

journey to his final resting place, departing for capitol hill where he was known as the conscience of congress. george. >> okay, rachel, thanks. you'll join us for our live coverage of the ceremony at the u.s. capitol that begins at 1:00 eastern. we are following a lot of other headlines this morning including that explosive new book on harry and meghan's final years inside the palace. this morning, we are celebrating the life of regis philbin. tributes are pouring in. we will speak with our friend and former "gma" anchor joan lunden live, but, first, let's go back to rob. hey, rob. hey, michael, let's get to your select cities sponsored by carmax.

we have a lot of show coming up. we're going to, you know, pay our respects to the legend. >> joan lunden is coming up. >> joan lunden is coming up to talk about regis philbin. you don't want to miss that. we love that man right there, everybody. we'll be right back. e, everybody. we'll be right back.

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also right now, the first hurricane slamming the u.s. amid the coronavirus emergency. southern texas reeling after hanna tears through and tracking a rare hurricane warning in hawaii. and to the powerful moment in the fight for racial justice, happened during the opening of the wnba season. the new york liberty and seattle storm walking off the court before the national anthem. both teams came back for a moment of silence and dedicated the season to breonna taylor, say her name, breonna taylor, the louisville woman killed during a police raid of her apartment. and we are going to continue this morning by celebrating the life of the tv legend, longtime member, beloved member of our abc family, regis philbin, passed away over the weekend, just a month before his 89th birthday. i know he was very special to you, michael. >> he really was, robin. i mean, the man gave me a start and the reason i'm here sitting in front of everyone on this tv screen. tributes, of course, are pouring

in for regis who graced our television screens for more hours than anyone else, being remembered for his wit, warmth and every man sensibilities. >> i'm kissing up to this guy for another bag of peanuts. >> reporter: regis philbin stood above the rest, for over 60 years captivating viewers with his wit. >> your heart is holding up good, ain't it? >> i called him last night. >> i thought i was unless you heard something. >> and his humor. >> he gets mad. he is a man. when he threatened to punch that guy in the nose, who does he think he is, frank gifford? >> reporter: he is a guinness world record holder for most hours on camera. born and raised in new york city, he was behind the scenes on "the "tonight show."" by the '60s he was a sidekick on "the joey bishop show." >> regis philbin. [ applause ] >> reporter: gaining national fame in the late '80s

alongside co-host kathie lee gifford. >> how many people here heard about fax machines before this show? [ applause ] you did not! you're just doing that to aggravate me. >> reporter: in 1999 becoming a star on primetime as well. >> who wants to be a millionaire. >> reporter: philbin famous for one catchphrase in particular. >> final answer. >> final answer. >> is that your final answer? >> reporter: two years later a new host joining him on the set of "live," kelly ripa. >> it's "live with regis and kelly." >> reporter: the duo sitting side by side for ten years. >> this will be my last year on this show. >> reporter: before stepping away in 2011. >> as you said, you're not retiring. >> no. >> you're just going to do something else. what's your next act? >> i'm taking meetings right now, as a matter of fact. >> oh really? >> i'll let you know, robin. >> reporter: as he stepped away from "live," i had the chance to step in, some very big shoes to fill. >> what will you do with the rest of your life? you have a lot of personality, a lot of charisma. what do you think --

>> there is a show i'm on right now that maybe you want to -- [ laughter ] >> are you saying -- >> "live with michael and kelly." welcome! >> you never know who is going to sit here next. >> reporter: right to the end, regis would keep on entertaining. earlier this year, visiting the set of the revival of "millionaire" with its new host jimmy kimmel. >> regis, no one will ever be better at doing this than you. no one, ever. >> you didn't seem too sure about that but you nailed it. that's funny, come on. >> this is 21 years ago. >> a long time. >> i loved doing the show. >> reporter: just a few months ago one of his final appearances on tv playing himself on his daughter's show, "single parents". >> gelman, can you hear me? >> reporter: millions now mourning the spontaneity, candor and heart that made him so special to watch. kathie lee gifford tweeting, regis, there will never be another. and from kelly ripa and ryan seacrest, he was the ultimate

class act. he left the world a better place. regis philbin died on sunday at the age of 88 but his memory will live on forever. >> it sure will. to help us remember regis, we're joined by former "good morning america" host and best-selling author joan lunden from her home. joan, thank you so much for joining us this morning. you and regis, we know you worked together for years so what's your fondest memory of working with him? >> my fondest memory is probably just the fact that, you know, i worked with him at walt disney world on all the christmas parades and easter parades and in the beginning, i was with a lot of other hosts and he was always our guy on the street and he always wanted to be the host. but it was delayed because he was so good with everybody on the street. he was kind of an every man's man, never tried to elevate

himself to be bigger, to be a big star. you know, it's funny, on social media i posted and everybody said, we feel like we lost a friend because that's how you felt because he was so personable. he wasn't someone on the air that was reading lines. you worked with -- on that show, i mean, i don't know if everybody realizes what it is to do the first 20 minutes of a talk show every morning with no script at all. i mean, he would just have to wake up and think what did i do last night? what did joy and i talk about and could make 20 minutes about ordinary life entertaining and he was just always fun to be around whether we were on the set or whether we were off having dinner because when you do a job at disney world you're at disney world so we always brought our kids. he and joy would bring j.j. and joanna and i had my three girls. when we would be out to dinner, it didn't make any difference what we were doing, if somebody came up and wanted to talk to him, he always gave them time, like focused in on them. he was that kind of guy.

just a huge heart. >> he's very kind, very generous, very giving. as you said he could talk about drinking a glass of water and be the most entertaining glass of water you ever drank this your life. do you think the every man sensibility is what made him so popular with everybody out there? >> i think that is. i mean, that's a quality -- i think that to be a good talk show host you have to be a real fan. you have to be able to revel in your guest's success and he always did and he could poke fun at himself, at joy -- she was like the best sport in the world -- or at any kind of ordinary life event but he did it in a way that it was always comfortable for you at home to laugh. he never did it at anybody else's expense but he's -- he was a one of a kind, like this consummate showman. i don't know if we really have them like him these days but he was incredibly quick.

>> yeah. >> a quick wit and really spontaneous which you have to be to, as you know, to -- >> to entertain like he did. to entertain like he did you have to be quick-witted. everyone has their memory of regis, something that makes them smile. how will you remember him? >> walking in to do a promo for i think it was the easter parade and the two of us walked in and all of a sudden they said, all right, you know, this other guy walks in like an older man, normal looking to do the commercial and they give us our scripts and i do my line, regis does his line and this man does donald duck's voice. i mean, regis had the best reactions in the world. and people always said what is he like in real life and he was exactly the same in real life and that's because he wasn't someone who went on the air and just read a script. he was just completely genuine and authentic and himself and i

think that that's almost disarming, you know, for a television personality. he was always wanting to be of the people, one of the people. >> yeah, he definitely made that happen. joan, we want to thank you for joining us. really appreciate all of your time and helping us have some more great memories to remember regis by so thank you to joan lunden. we'll have much more on regis with interviews from our "gma" vault in our next hour and you can see our special "regis philbin: the morning maestro" at 8:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow right here on abc. >> you said it a few minutes ago. regis really gave your television career a huge boost. >> he created a show, george, that just fit me perfectly. he was always so gracious, always so helpful with me. when i took over -- when i went to the show i said, okay, i got to fill these shoes of regis philbin. when you get there you realize you can never fill those shoes. that show was regis. he built it and that was him, and when he left, it will never

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back now with the explosive back now with the explosive new tell all about the royal family. "finding freedom" focuses on the exit of harry and meghan from the royal family and the allegations of a rift between harry and his brother, william. ian pannell has the story. >> reporter: this morning, new

allegations about the royal divide between princes william and harry. the new book, "finding freedom," which says it's based on stories from palace insiders and sources close to harry and meghan claiming to shed light on their last few years inside the house of windsor and what led to the couple standing down as working members of the royal family. >> for meghan, already an accomplished biracial american actress, she faced her own difficulties not just with members of the royal family, but also with the institution themselves. >> reporter: according to excerpts to the book published in "the times of london" this weekend, things started to go downhill between the brothers soon after harry started dating meghan markle. william apparently telling harry, don't feel you need to rush this. take as much as you need to know this girl. the book claims this enraged his younger brother harry, tnkg william was being a snob, a falling out harry addressed in last year's documentary "harry and meghan: an african journey." >> how much of that is true?

>> stuff happens but, look, we're brothers, we'll always be brothers. >> reporter: the book also talks about meghan's apparent struggles to settle into her new family. the book placing some of the blame on sister-in-law kate who it alleges did little to bridge the divide. friends of will and kate striking back. sources close to the couple telling "the mail on sunday" that the future king and queen had rolled out the red carpet for meghan but the book points to frosty relations reaching their peak at harry and meghan's final event as working royals at the commonwealth service at westminster abbey. according to the book, while harry and meghan both greeted william and kate with smile, the cambridges showed little response. >> it's really sad because they grew up together, side by side, supporting each other through the most difficult of times. >> reporter: now the sussexes have tried to distance themselves from this new book issuing a statement denying any

involvement, saying they were not interviewed and they did not contribute. however, some uk headlines here this morning are claiming that harry and meghan who still, remember, are only on a technically one-year break from official royal life will now never resume royal duties again. george. >> that is a headline. ian pannell, thanks very much. >> royal families, just like us. coming up next, we have our "play of the day." we'll be right back. ♪ don't wanna be all by myself there used to be only one way to buy a car. till carmax changed all that. now, the pool is a carmax. the lake? a carmax. because when you can buy a car from anywhere, everywhere becomes a carmax. but if you're more of an in-person person, carmax is still a carmax, too. offering curbside pickup, or home delivery, and a seven-day money-back guarantee. the way it should be. carmax.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. major milestone in the fight against coronavirus. the large-scale human vaccine clinical trial about to begin. 30,000 americans volunteering as the united states now reporting more than 4.2 million cases of covid. we're live at the medical center where the trial is about to begin and we'll tell you what the founder of the company behind the vaccine is telling us on "gma" this morning. also this morning, two major storms. hurricane hanna slamming into texas as that state battles coronavirus. flash floods, power outage, water rescues. rob is right there in the storm zone. and the rare hurricane warning for hawaii. celebrating regis philbin. we're going into the vault from his national debut with kathie lee -- >> one day i'm going to bring this clock on the show and smash it with a sledgehammer.

you know what i mean? >> -- to years of disney parades to right h regis philbin. ♪ life is a highway road trip rules. in the time of covid, the safe way to take a vacation right now. the three top items you need, the apps to download before you hit the road. ♪ there's nothing holding me back ♪ something to smile about. so many families can't get kids to the dentist right now so we turn to the dentist mom who is helping guide thousands of parents through the challenges of brushing baby teeth and dealing with pacifiers. what to know this morning. and it's a muppet monday. kermit and miss piggy joining us live with a big announcement saying -- >> both: good morning, america. and good morning, america. hope you are doing well. it's been a while since we talked to kermit and miss piggy. that should be fun, robin. >> it always is.

we played taylor swift's smash hit "cardigan" at 7:30. we're all in agreement with how wonderful that new album is. she sent out -- taylor sent out a number of cardigans to people in honor of the song. in fact, guys, i have one right here, sent by ms. swift herself. she included a card that said, so appropriate, she said that she hopes this cardigan keeps us warm and cozy during these uncozy times and that's what her music about, to help soothe us in these challenging times that we're all in but pretty cool. it's going to be a scorcher in connecticut today so i don't think i can wear it. i'll just show it like this, but it's gorgeous. >> you have a cardigan, i got a card from taylor saying we don't have your size. it's okay, taylor. i know your heart is in the right place. guys, also this morning, we are kicking off our "gma" road trip series. so many families are choosing to drive for their summer vacations due to covid-19.

our gio benitez is sharing the top three road trip rules and the best apps to map out your trip. >> that is coming up. we start with the coronavirus emergency. right now the united states is reporting more than 4.2 million cases and there's new hope for a vaccine this morning. 30,000 americans have volunteered for moderna's large-scale vaccine trial getting under way at locations in 30 states and washington, d.c. victor oquendo is in miami with the details. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, george. statewide nearly 50 icus are at capacity. this is miami's largest hospital and at last check there was just one available icu bed. that vaccine just can't come soon enough. this morning, national security adviser robert o'brien testing positive for covid-19, one of the now 16 million confirmed cases worldwide. according to the white house, he has mild symptoms and is self-isolating, this as we see a major milestone in the battle against covid-19.

for the first time in the u.s. phased vaccine trials are now getting under way. 30,000 americans are expected to volunteer for clinical trials. >> i think it's very important that a person steps up and tries to do something good for the world at this point. >> reporter: george spoke to moderna's chairman earlier this morning. >> thank you for joining us this morning. phase three starts today. if all goes well, when will we know if it works and how long will it take to get to market? >> good morning, george. thanks for having me. so the plan is to start enrolling this morning and this will continue over the next couple of months and we have very strong demand of folks who volunteered to participate. we all want to have these answers. thereafter we will collect the data. we have a certain number of cases that we need to see in the trial before we can demonstrate whether the vaccine arm gives us a more -- more protection than folk was are not on the vaccine arm of the trial and then it's really up to the fda to ensure that all the safety and efficacy measures have been met before they allow it to be broadly distributed.

>> reporter: when asked when that vaccine could be available, the chairman said late this year or early next year. george. >> all hoping. victor, thanks very much. you can watch our primetime special on covid-19, it's called "american catastrophe: how did we get here?" the one-hour special airs tomorrow night at 9:00 on abc. michael. we turn to the latest on those two major storms, hawaii bracing for hurricane douglas and hurricane hanna ripping through southern texas amid the coronavirus emergency. we're going to go back to rob marciano who is on the ground for us in corpus christi tracking the very latest. good morning again, rob. >> reporter: good morning, michael. remarkable, two states getting two hurricanes this weekend. what's scary about hurricanes in this part of the gulf is they can blow up real quick. we saw with harvey and saw it with hurricane hanna and this thing got to be a strong category 1 storm and the surge of which stronger than a normal category 1 storm. look how it tore up this beach parking lot, this concrete pier,

part of it torn up. here's what it looked like coming in with the wind inland south in the eye wall came in with winds of 90 miles an hour enough to knock out power to hundreds of thousands of people and even worse than that, the flooding across the rio grande valley, an area hard hit by covid and had to evacuate some patients to higher floors. workers having difficulty getting to work and there you see some of the submerged cars. this thing is winding down but ten inches of rain there. hopefully douglas will pass but rough surf and winds there. not making history luckily. yet another close call for hawaii. keep our fingers crossed for the rest of the year. michael? >> fingers crossed for sure. that's not the history you wa to make. thank you . coming up, we're celebrating the life of our dear friend and broadcasting giant, regis philbin. and our insta-parent series is back, the dentist mom sharing practical and creative ways to take care of your baby's smile. plus, the muppets are live. don't miss kermit and miss

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♪ good morning, good morning welcome back to "gma." hope everyone at home is doing well this monday morning. >> robin, you're going to tell us about audience members who visited us here in the studio. who you got? >> yeah, but first of all, michael, you know how you said the cardigan did not come in your

cardigan? well, apparently i've lost mine because somebody is walking off with mine right now but we do have our "gma" picture pop-in. why, thank you very much. don't get too comfortable, okay? this picture comes to us from sandra who visited us in 2017 with a group of friends. it was a girls trip. they are from the dallas-ft. worth area. all educators. get this. more than 100 years of combined excellence. sandra tells us they have been supporting each other during these tough days in texas which has been so hard hit by the virus. now, some of these women are now planning for an uncertain school year while others are mentoring new teachers and principals and get this, some are even their former students. we thank you all. thank you all for the work that you do and we will all be together again, won't we, michael? miss you. >> we will, we will, robin. i love when you throw back.ings all of us. now we turn to our cover story. we are celebrating the life of beloved talk show host regis philbin. there was never a dull moment when you were watching the legendary larger than life

television personality and whether you saw him in the studio or on the street, he always knew how to make you feel special. for generations, regis philbin was welcomed into millions of households every morning. >> hi, everybody. >> hi, everybody. nice to see you. >> reporter: joining forces with kathie lee gifford for the nationally syndicated show, "live with regis and kathie lee" in 1988. his first day hosting not going quite as planned. >> here it is, our big national debut, i swear this digital clock i've got that goes on when it wants didn't go on at all this morning. no alarm at all. woke up a half hour later than i usually do. one day i'm going to bring the clock on this show and smash it with a sledgehammer. >> that's something to look forward to. >> reporter: he hosted the show for nearly 30 years. mary hart who briefly hosted a variety show with regis talking to "gma" overnight.

>> it was about family and that's what people remember about regis, regis loved people. people loved regis. >> reporter: regis was part of our abc family. here with diane sawyer joking about his relationship with beloved co-host kelly ripa in 2007. >> what do i do to her? >> that's a good question. show up? >> our robin roberts talking to him in 2011. >> you truly are someone that we in this industry have looked up to. >> does my name come up in the "gma" meetings? >> daily. >> do they say how would regis handle this? i don't think so. >> reporter: regis was not just a guest on "gma," he made his rounds, hosting more than a dozen disney parades between 1981 and 2008. >> merry christmas, everybody. we hope you're having a spectacular holiday. >> a very merry christmas day to everyone. >> once again we're all together guest on david lan's "late

150 total appearances, more than any other guest in the show's history. sometimes even show up as s sharek. >> why are you doing this? >> i thought you'd enjoy it. >> reporter: his final appearance on "letterman" came in 2015 during dave's second to last show. >> god bless you. thank you for everything. >> i love you. i really do and i don't want you to forget about telly. you must come back to television. you must. it's an absolute must. >> god bless you. [ applause ] >> reporter: letterman paying tribute to regis in a statement saying he was, quote, always the best guest we ever had, charming, lovable and could take a punch. i love him. and there was a reason he has a guinness record for the most hours on television because people absolutely loved seeing regis philbin and he just brought an energy when you watched those clips.

i had the best relationship with him, robin, and i know you did as well. >> i remember sitting down with him when he announced that he was leaving "live." but the thing i remember, guys, about him so much, my father, colonel roberts, very serious man, regis could make the colonel laugh. the joy that he brought my mother and father and it was just something about regis, how he just crossed the generations. he just -- there's -- he just touched us all. he really, really did. so special. >> you talk about joy. what a love story with his wife joy as well. >> yes. >> we remember them, wishing his whole family well. you can see the special tomorrow on abc at 8:00 p.m., "regis philbin: the morning maestro." it's time now for "pop news." s.a. sam, welcome back. >> you were talking about regis. big loss over the weekend of celebrities. regis philbin, someone you didn't even have to be talking to to enjoy the conversation. he could be talking to someone else and it was just as much fun for you to watch him.

we begin celebrating the life of the last golden age star, olivia de havilland passing away after 104 beautiful years. from "gone with the wind" to "robin hood," the two-time oscar winner was an on screen star and offscreen rebel shaking up the industry and changing it forever. olivia de havilland memorable as the sainted melanie wilkes in "gone with the wind." >> i've never known anyone that was really brave. i pray god things go well with you, ms. mellie. >> reporter: public opinion of the movie has changed because of its depiction of slavery. now a disclaimer is run before the movie. but reviews of de havilland's work always superlative. >> i've felt that it was going as have an exceptionally long >> repte s one of the last leading actors of ywood's so-called golden age with a career stretching 70 years. also starring on screen with

erroll flynn in a number of movies including "the adventures of robin hood" and she sued warner brothers over the seven-year contract system which made actors virtual property of their studios. she won a landmark decision that signaled the end of the contract system in hollywood. after the legal battle she returned to films and dominated the silver screen, in the late 1940s receiving three nominations and winning two oscars for best actress in "to each his own" in 1946 and "the heiress" in 1949. in 2008 she received the american national medal of the arts from president george w. bush. >> her independence, integrity and grace won creative freedom for herself and fellow film actors. >> reporter: independence, integrity, grace, one of the great ladies of hollywood, olivia de havilland, she died this past sunday in paris at 104. thank you, olivia de havilland, and thank you, regis philbin. onto other "pop news" this morning. if you're feeling the need --

and you know what i'm talking about, that need for speed you're just going to have to wait a little longer. "top gun: maverick," the highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 pop culture classic with tom cruise was supposed to hit theaters this summer. then it was delayed to december. well, now because the pandemic, it's been pushed to july 2nd, 2021. the studio stressing that it's one that has to be seen on the big screen. robin, george, it's even too big for that 85-inch 4k in michael's man cave. got to be seen, got to be seen on the big screen. all right, cruise and the cast will fly real jets in the film because, of course, why wouldn't you learn to fly a jet for your movie? cruise, of course, is reprising his role of maverick with miles teller, jennifer connelly and jon hamm joining the high flying crew. paramount also announcing -- get this -- john krasinski and emily blunt's "a quiet place ii" will be delayed until 2021. tough news. i can't wait for this movie. the news coming on the heels of amc delaying re-opening of their

theaters. despite the delays we can't wait to buckle up and see maverick in the pilot's seatexye, ough'lha the pap kw e on i'maln about. finally 'rused to seeing ryan reynolds as the spunky spandex wearing superhero of idea deadpool." well, reynolds is using his real-life superpowers, the power of his 16.2 million twitter followers, to make one woman's very special teddy bear find its way home. so here's the story and get ready for real tears. when fellow canadian mara's backpack was stolen she was devastated because it contained a stuffed bear with a recording of her mother's voice. now, her mom passed away last year and the teddy bear saves her voice saying, quote, i love you, i'm proud of you, i will always be with you. when ryan got wind of the story of that missing teddy bear from reddit, he took to twitter to help writing, vancouver, $5,000 to anyone who returns this bear

to mara, zero questions asked. i think we all need this bear to come home. we do. and we truly hope the star power works in bringing mara's bear back. that's a monday "pop news." robin. >> oh. oh, my goodness. we have to do a follow-up. >> yeah. i agree. >> i hope she gets that bear back. thanks, sam, as always. good to see you, our friend. we have our insta-parent series, sam, where we hear how some of the most popular influencers on social media take on the challenges of parenting. this morning we have the top tips from the dentist mom. how to keep those tiny smiles shining. erielle reshef joins us with all of this. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. i know this all too well, from teeth brushing to pacifiers to baby teeth, their teeth can be a giant struggle altogether. now the dentist mom, dr. mo, is sharing her secrets to keeping their little pearly whites sparkling bright. ♪ brush your teeth

>> reporter: brushing your kid's teeth, sometimes it takes a little patience. [ crying ] >> reporter: are even bribery. >> what if i give you $50? >> yeah, $50. ooh. >> reporter: it's a struggle even for the pros. dr. helen mo and her husband are both dentists but brushing their 1-year-old daughter olivia's teeth wasn't all smiles. >> i was thinking, wow, this is really hard even for us who are dentists. maybe parents out there are looking for a resource to help them make brushing just a little easier. >> reporter: so she created the instagram page the dentist mom where she helps guide her nearly 22,000 followers through the challenges of baby teeth. dr. mo says brushing off baby teeth hygiene can lead to painful cavities in kids and can potentially impact their overall health. >> studies are showing that kids who have a lot of cavities have poor school performance, they're crankier because they're not sleeping well at night. >> reporter: but when teeth time

turns into a tantrum, dr. mo encourages parents to make it more fun. >> you can find a fun toothpaste flavor and also role play, practice on stuffed animals. my daughter loves practicing on my husband. >> reporter: for parents struggling to wean their kiddo off a pacifier, dr. mo says it's important to consider their emotional state before taking it away. >> they use it for comfort. they use it for security. we in our house have developed a bye-bye routine for the pacifier. >> bye. >> she has a little home that the pacifier goes in and rests during the day. >> reporter: when all else fails she suggests calling in some fairy support. >> one of the ways for weaning that's really fun is a pacifier fairy. it works exactly like a tooth fairy. they can put the pacifier under the pillow or package it in a little box and the pacifier can come, take away the pacifier and leave a cool present in return. >> reporter: practical tips to protect those precious smiles.

i'm over here taking notes. another tip from dr. mo, try to start training babies to use open cups as early as 6 months. we did not do this with our son. she says if you can take the mess it is great for their development and better than a sippy cup or bottle for their teeth and dr. mo has plenty of other really great practical recommendations on her instagram page, robin. >> oh, my goodness. i think a lot of people were taking down those tips, not just you, erielle. thank you so much for sharing that. you can find more tips from the dentist mom on our website, instagram as well and on our website. insta-parent will be back tomorrow. we have potty training tips. did you hear that, erielle? i think you're past that stage. >> i need those too. >> you guys are past that stage. okay, all right. thanks so much. let's get back to rob in texas. >> hey, yeah, my son at 2 going through both of those struggles and the struggle is real. the heat struggle is going to be real across the northeast.

it was really real in the northwest. a record high of 100 in portland, oregon. we could see a portland, maine, record today. heat advisories up from the carolinas all the way in through new england. temperatures will be around near 100, with the humidity up and over 100, not just today but tomorrow as well before a coming up, the muppets join us live. we'll be right back.

good morning, everyone. google is reportedly telling employees to work from home at least until july next year. this will affect nearly all of the 200,000 full-time and contract employees who work for google's parent company alphabet. employees having working home since march. many other companies have certificate that i return dates to january. google extending that deadline could pressure other companies to follow suit.

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weekend. kumasi? we'll have another update in about 30 minutes, and you can welcome back, everybody. it's time now to catch up with two very high-profile entertainers who graced our screens for more than 45 years. >> they have a brand-new show. "muppets" now on disney plus. welcome back to kermit the frog and miss piggy. i know you've been working from home like so many of us right now. what have you been up to? >> yes, well, you know, pretty much the same old, same old. now only i have an excuse to keep the other muppets at least six feet away from me. >> yeah, and i have mostly been busy getting "muppets now" ready but i work part-time in pest control. excuse me just a second. got one. >> by the way, i absolutely

adore doing your show this way, yeah. i don't have to spend a day on a plane, two hours in a limo, three hours in hair and makeup. i mean i still have to get up early but at least i can roll over and go back to bed afterwards. >> making it as easy as we can thout dot. > everythingpt the craft service could be better. >> you're at home. that's your food. >> but i charge it to "gma" so technically it's theirs. >> well, there's something for everyone in your new show. the first ever streaming show, "muppets now," and we actually have an exclusive clip with rupaul. let's take a look. >> that's a positive term, right? >> oh, absolutely. it's a term of endearment. it's a term that really just signifies your importance in the industry and, madam, you are the most important female figure in the entertainment industry.

absolutely. >> did you hear that? >> unfortunately, yes. >> did you hear that? >> unfortunately, yes. >> i could not agree with you more. >> we see that you ask the tough questions. what did you learn or if anything about your celebrity guests? >> well, you know, michael, i ask the tough questions but piggy definitely asks harder questions and if she doesn't like your answer she's going to clobber you. >> well, i mean, intimidation is definitely part of the repertoire. george, michael, if you ever need tips on how to interview guests give me a call. >> happy to do that. you two have had time apart recently. do you miss each other? >> oh, yeah, i miss miss piggy and i miss the whole gang, you know, we get together on video chats but, you know, it's not the same but, hey, you know at least you don't have to duck when someone throws a fish. >> miss him?

miss that frog? how can i miss him? i mean, he is always video calling me. i feel like i'm under surveillance. every time i turn on my computer, there he is, 24/7. >> yeah, piggy, i think that's a picture of me from your old screen saver. maybe you ought to change that, huh? that's what i think it is. >> oh, that might be. >> yeah. am i moving on the picture? am i moving or just still? >> no, you're usually just like catatonic. >> yeah, it's a picture. >> huh? what do you know? >> i tell you what, what we know you two make everybody laugh and smile. thank you. thank you both so much for waking up. miss piggy, please go back to sleep now. >> thank you. yeah, we're over? we're done here. okay. >> there we go. kermit, thank you as well, my friend and "muppets now," bye. see you later, "muppets now" premieres this friday on disney

plus, boy, that's going to make you laugh. coming up, chris meloni joins us live and it's time for a road trip. gio benitez has what you need to know for a safe summer getaway. ♪ shut up and drive, drive, drive ♪

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actor from shows like "oz." "law & order: svu" and "the handmaid's tale" now starring in a new comedy, and it's called "maxxx." chris meloni joining us from his home. it is so good to -- oh, look, chris. great to see you. now, i got to tell you now we saw your daughter helping you out with this quarantine look. like she helped shave the head there. the beard is really coming in now. >> yep. >> are you going to keep this post all that we're going through? >> well, you know, i have a new "law & order" show coming up so we'll figure where elliott stabler is and part revolves has elliott grown a goatee. right now it's just me letting my freak flag fly. >> yeah, i don't know if olivia benson will dig the beard. you got to check it.

check in with her first. >> i'll call mariska. yeah, i'll call mariska and see if she gives it a heads-up. >> we have a throwback from 50 plus years ago when you were keeping your hair tight with this baby photo that was in your high school yearbook. so when you see the sweet little face, what goes through your mind? >> mistakes were made. for posting it. you know, actually that's the only i think kind of -- i think taste one of the few surviving baby pictures of me. but i just learned recently that, you know, my last name is meloni and i always new my great-grandfather meloni was adopted and i just saw the original adoption receipt from the father, the brother at a church because children in italy were dropped off at the church,

and the father who found him nicknamed him melon and i look at that picture and i go, i look like a melon. so i feel as if i'm keeping the family tradition alive. truly am a meloni. >> let's talk about "maxxx." your character has a very distinctive look. describe his sense of style. >> i think it's outrageous bono 24-year-old stuck in the 60-year-old body. i will never grow up. rock 'n' roll cool. >> you luckily already had your ears pierced before you had this role. when did you get that done? >> well, 16 and that lasted about a week until my father ripped that one out and then 18. you know, in my late teens, early 20s. >> so your character in "maxxx" is a record producer, talent

manager, one of his clients is trying to make a comeback. let's show everybody a little bit. >> now, i wanted to use our first meeting to present this. now i know he is avant-garde and risky. >> shhh. follow me, grace. you and i need to go on a little walk. come here, sister. what do you see? 60 million units. my own. what do you see? >> ricky martin. >> 80 million units and first private jet. >> he looks like a lot of fun to play. >> oh, yeah, you know, outrageous really is very liberating for an actor or at least this actor, so, yeah, yeah, a blast, great people to work with too. >> you know, everyone is talking about this picture you took with mariska hargitay. back together again. do you guys keep in touch regularly?

>> yeah, yeah, and that's what it is. we just always kind of, you know, because we're both kind of busy but just always reaching out. i happened to be in her neck of the woods so, you know, we dropped in and truth be told now we know what we're doing really. it's like she turns to me and goes, are you ready to break the internet and i said, okay, sure. >> well, we cannot wait for the new show. thank you, chris. "maxxx" streaming tomorrow. now we go to rob. hey, george. it's time for the monsoon flow in the southwest. here's a shot of a funnel cloud just east of flagstaff near indian wells. pretty impressive stuff. weseres thunderstorms begin to develop and get the flow from the southwest and some of the moisture from hanna may be pulled up into there over the next couple of days. flood watches posted for new mexico and the panhandle of texas and oklahoma and further east, we could see locally four

inches plus some rainfall west of tulsa right around the oklahoma and kansas border so be careful of that this week. another hot one across the nort our thanks again to rob. now we're getting behind the wheel of a new series, "gma" road trip, y'all. this morning we're exploring how to navigate summer vacation americans are choosing to hit the open road instead of taking to the skies due to covid-19. gio benitez, who better to join us with more on all of this. good morning, gio. >> reporter: hey, robin. good morning to you. it is without a doubt the summer of the great american road trip.

in fact, in some states we're actually already seeing more traffic than we did before the pandemic. so this morning, we asked the experts for some advice. take a look. ♪ this summer it's all about the rules of the road. with many families like robin and her teenager kai changing vacation plans and getting in the car instead. >> summer vacation we had planned to go to europe and covid-19 hit and those plans fell through. we decided we're going to do the old-fashioned road trip. >> reporter: tens of millions will be doing the same this summer. >> i'm excited and taking precautions. i am worried a little bit about, you know, covid on the road. >> the safest way to take a vacation right now is probably by car and going someplace you isncing you would me precautions do if you were staying at home. >> reporter: but what does it take to get road trip ready? >> first off you have to

remember that the three top items that we get calls for at aaa are flat tires, dead batteries and people locking themselves out of their vehicles. if when you went out to start your vehicle it did not start, you need to change that battery. get it tested by a technician and don't lock yourself out of your vehicle. you might carry an extra key. >> reporter: one of the top tips we're not always thinking about, check your tire pressure. especially if you haven't been using your car very much during the pandemic and how do you know what your tire pressure should be? just look right here. it's right on your car. make sure you plan your route and download helpful apps before you hit the road. waze will help map out a route and monitor traffic in realtime to avoid slowdowns while on the road. gas buddy can find the best fuel prices as you go and aaa's website offers a covid-19 map t and most importae open road. excit.like aen

i like driving. i like the open road and i'm excited about getting to do this with him. >> reporter: and don't forget to bring that hand sanitizer and those wipes. especially if you're stopping at a service area like this you'll be pumping that gas, touching those handle, by the way throughout the week here on "gma," we're going to be giving you more tips on what to do to keep safe on the road and have some fun. robin. >> have some fun, always with you, gio. off to a great start. thanks so much. we'll be right back, everyone. ight back,

back now with the first insider account of the effort to impeach president trump. "a case for the american people: the united states versus donald j. trump" is by norm eisen. norm joins us now. thanks for joining us this morning. i see you have a covid beard as well since impeachment but in

your tweet announcing your "gma" appearance you said the book will surprise people. what will surprise readers? i think of it as a post-impeachment beard as well as a covid beard. and the thing that will surprise readers in this book is, number one, to see these characters who are involved in impeachment behind the scenes and realize what was driving some of the ups and downs. you'll meet bob mueller. find out why he did not do more to oust the president. bill barr, the president's enabler in chief and, number two, i put all the evidence out there including new evidence of the president's collusion and, number three, to me i wrote the biggest surprise was, george, the president is still doing it. there's a through line. there's a pattern. >> that's what i wanted to ask

you about. you know, it seems like ancient history now. impeachment is only six months ago but we've gone through so much in the country since then. you say that what happened with impeachment is a key to understanding how the president is reacting to the crises now? >> he has a pattern of behavior, george, and it starts with, russia, are you listening. it goes through the ukraine scandal where he said something very similar to the president of ukraine and, george, now he's saying it to america's governors, if you want help, you have to do things for us. it's the quid pro quo. it's the president only thinking of crises in terms of his personal and political benefit including for election or re-election. the difference is that now americans are dying by the tens of thousands because of this pattern of selfishness and that

selfishness which in the law we call abuse of power, article 1 of the impeachment, always goes with obstruction and we saw it in the russia investigation, we saw it in the ukraine impeachment and we're seeing it now with covid. the lie, the attacks on whistle-blowers, the attacks on inspectors general. >> how do you answer to those who said impeachment was a failure, and that the president said he was vindicate bid the acquittal in the senate? >> well, george, to get up and talk to you this morning, i set three alarms because i was anxious, i didn't want to miss our visit. it's the same thing with this pattern. the first alarm was mueller and the russia investigation. people paid attention. the second was ukraine and the impeachment got more attention and now covid, the american people have really woken up. but that pattern that was exposed was part of waking them up. the people know who they're dealing with and now we're getting ready for the fourth act which is the people's verdict

and in my book i argue the case to the american people for november. >> norm eisen, thanks very much. the book is out tomorrow called "a case for the american people: the united states versus donald j trump." we'll be right back.

>> announcer: life may be at a virtual stand still. that doesn't mean you have to stand still. on all this week on "gma," the great american road trip is there. how to travel, have fun and stay safe. this week is a trip on "gma." before we go, our friend and "the new york times" best-selling author rachel hollis has a new and personal book coming out and sends us a message to tell us more about it. take a listen. >> it's called "didn't see that coming." it's about how to navigate through crisis or loss or grief. i wrote it during quarantine as something that i thought might be helpful to you as we navigate through it. >> looking forward to that co the book available in book stores on september 19 29th. -- 29th. hope you had a good morning. we'll be back this afternoon, live coverage of the ceremony at the u.s. capitol for the late civil rights champion john lewis that begins at 1:00 eastern. have a great day. thank you to the doctors,

nurses, health care professionals. >> and first responders. superm gas stations running. >> thank you to all the essential workers for all that you do. >> thank you. >> we thank you. >> we thank you. >> we thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> for all you do. >> and with every challenge, question, concern, we'll be here for you every day. >> every day. >> every day. >> because we will -- >> -- get through this together.

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building a better bay area for a safe and secure full, this is abc 7 ns. >> good morning, everyone. the pandemic is disproportionately affecting people in san francisco's mission districts, so now b.a.r.t. is partnering with the latino task force for covid-19 to offer free testing at the 24th street b.a.r.t. plaza. it's happening wednesdays and fridays over the next three weeks. now mike has a look at our forecast. >> thank you kumasi. we'll talk about the activity planner. if you're going to be inland in the east bay, walking the dog may be risky, as temperatures raft advs, with the hot surfaces through the delta there. a bit choppy there. even warmer this coming weekend. now it's time for "live with kelly and ryan."

we will be back at 11:00. we hope you join us >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, we celebrate and lovingly remember the life of our colleague and friend, regis philbin. thus, members of the staff recall their most memorable regis moments. also, kiefer sutherland and chef michael symon share their own favorite memories. and we will hear from some of you, our loyal fans. all next on "live!" ♪ and now, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest! >> ryan: and good morning on this monday, july 27th a very difficult and emotional day for all of us here at "live." kelly, i know a tough weekend for you especially because he worked with our dear friend, our