s a good grip on life. right now on "america this morning," troubling trends. the u.s. coronavirus death toll surges past 150,000 as more states see their deadliest day yet. what doctors are saying about the potential for new outbreaks in northern states. and a new warning about the toll the virus is taking on men. plus, the new mandate on capitol hill after a congressman set to fly on air force one with president trump tests positive. ginsburg hospitalized. the supreme court justice back in the hospital just weeks after revealing her cancer has returned. housing division. >> there will be no more low income housing forced into the suburbs. >> the announcement from president trump about low income housing in the suburbs. why some critics claim he's stoking racial division.

plus, jailhouse rescue. the dramatic moment inmates came together to save the deputy who was guarding them. mission to mars, the first of its kind trip to the red planet today. why nasa is sending a helicopter. and bold brews. with more americans drinking at home during the pandemic, the new and unusual beer options hitting the market. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with the coronavirus crisis. more than 150,000 people in the united states have now died from the virus. >> the good news is new cases are down. the bad news is more than 1,400 deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours, the most since may 15th with grim new records in texas and florida. >> a texas congressman who was set to fly on air force one with president trump yesterday has now tested positive. he was seen the previous day with attorney general william barr who has now been tested.

>> this morning a new report is expected to show the economy shrank by 35% during the second quarter, the largest decline on record. when it comes to an economic stimulus plan, the white house chief of staff says lawmakers are nowhere close to a deal. >> abc's andrea fujii begins our coverage. >> reporter: this morning, nearly 100 hot spots are raising new concerns around the country in the fight against the coronavirus. >> what happens if you are really in a hot zone, then you got to be careful. >> reporter: homeland security flagging the troublesome trends in at least 30 states. dr. anthony fauci now saying he's especially concerned about potential outbreaks in ohio, tennessee, kentucky and indiana. >> you may be getting into the same sort of trouble with those states that the southern states got into trouble with. >> reporter: it comes as florida and texas report their deadliest days yet. >> texas must remain vigilant. >> reporter: president trump visiting midland, texas.

many in the crowd at a campaign fund-raiser foregoing masks as the president focused on the decrease in cases even as the state confirmed a record 313 deaths wednesday. >> i'm asymptomatic. i don't have any of the symptoms covid-19. >> reporter: meanwhile, new virus worries among lawmakers. republican congressman louis gohmert, who has resisted mask mandates in the past, announced wednesday he is infected. while making the baseless claim that wearing a mask may have contributed to him getting sick. >> i can't help but wonder if i might have put some germs, some of the virus onto the mask and breathed it in. >> reporter: on tuesday gohmert was seen walking with attorney general william barr neither wearing a mask. barr's staff announcing wednesday night that he's tested negative. speaker nancy pelosi is now making masks mandatory on the house floor. >> members and staff will be required to wear masks at all

times in the hall of the house. >> reporter: with the debate raging over safely re-opening schools, officials in orlando say nearly 300 students are in quarantine after one person at this outdoor graduation tested positive for coronavirus. >> just like any other bubbly little girl out there. she was perfect. >> reporter: and now the mother of florida's youngest victim is speaking out. >> i don't think these kids should go back to school. i just don't think we're ready. i really don't. >> reporter: doctors in the state now demanding more robust safety measures in schools. >> putting hundreds and thousands of young people, teachers and staff together in enclosed spaces like school buildings is an invitation for a covid-19 superspreader event. >> reporter: one school district in indiana already bringing most of their students back with safety measures in place. but many parents around the country still aren't convinced. >> we were lacking with paper towels.

we were lacking in so much already. has that changed? >> reporter: education secretary betsy devos says there is no national plan for re-opening schools, but many experts like dr. anthony fauci agree that decision must be made at a local level. kenneth, mona. >> andrea, thank you. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is in a new york hospital this morning. a court spokeswoman said ginsburg underwent a procedure to reduce the risk of an infection in a bile duct. the 87-year-old is also battling a recurrence of liver cancer and is said to be resting comfortably and is expected to be out of the hospital in the next few days. america's big four tech giants testified together virtually on capitol hill defending themselves from accusations that they hold too much power. the ceos from amazon, apple, facebook and google fielded questions from democrats and republicans about whether they're stifling competition. lawmakers also hammered facebook's mark zuckerberg about political bias. >> i'll just cut to the chase.

big tech is out to get conservatives. that's not a suspicion. that's not a hunch. that's a fact. >> what did you mean when you answered that the purpose of the deal was to neutralize a potential competitor? >> congressman, well, those aren't my words, but, yes, i've been clear that instagram was a competitor. >> all four executives have come under increased scrutiny on several fronts with investigations into their business practices launched by the justice department and ftc. president trump is facing scrutiny for his words about affordable housing in the suburbs. he made the comments while discussing the rollback of a housing rule aimed at fighting racial discrimination as trump works to court white suburban voters. he said people in the 'burbs should not be, quote, bothered by low income housing. abc's alex presha has more. >> reporter: this morning, president trump echoing his attacks on a fair housing rule he recently revoked. >> there will be no more low income housing forced into the suburbs.

i abandoned and took away and just rescinded the rule. >> reporter: the obama era rule forced local governments that receive federal housing funds to assess patterns of racial housing discrimination and submit plans to eliminate it. on wednesday the president tweeted, i am happy to inform all the people living their suburban lifestyle dream that you will no longer be bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in your neighborhood. your housing prices will go up and crime will go down, enjoy. later in texas the president reaffirming that mezzage. >> i've seen conflict for years. it's been hell for suburbia. we rescinded the rule three days ago, so enjoy your life, ladies and gentlemen. enjoy your life. >> reporter: housing and urban development secretary ben carson argued the rule was unworkable and ultimately a waste of time for localities to comply with. but critics say the president is trying to stoke racial division and appeal to white suburban voters with fewer than 100 days until the election. julian castro, the housing

secretary under president obama, blasted the move. >> these guys come in a couple years later and they put it on ice and say, no, no, we're going to go backward to take us back to 1950 or choose your year when people could still be discriminated against because of the color of their skin. >> reporter: connecticut senator chris murphy, a democrat, tweeting, it's not even a dog whistle anymore. our president is now a proud, vocal segregationist. former vice president joe biden has promised to reinstate the fair housing rule which is included in his campaign's housing plan. kenneth and mona. >> alex, thank you. a final farewell in atlanta today for civil rights icon and congressman john lewis. his funeral will cap off six days of memorials where he was praised as a hero. former president obama will deliver the eulogy, and former presidents clinton and bush will also attend today's service which is being held at ebenezer baptist church, a church once led by lewis' mentor,

dr. martin luther king jr. time now for a look at your thursday morning weather. another tropical storm formed in the atlantic overnight bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico. the system is likely to trigger flash flooding, mudslides and possible power outages. taking a look at the storm track, forecasters say the storm is moving northwest and could be on track to hit south florida by this weekend. stay tuned. checking today's high temperatures, 90s across the south, low 80s in detroit and minneapolis and 117 degrees in phoenix. coming up, dramatic moments on the road as an suv gets stuck under a bus. also ahead, what we're learning about this fiery train derailment and bridge collapse and how long it could take to clean up. and up next, officers race to rescue a 3-year-old girl found floating in a pool. the one advantage they had next.

we're back with an unusual scene in wichita, kansas. witnesses rush to help a driver whose suv got stuck under the back of a bus after a crash. the driver suffered a medical issue and the suv's wheels kept spinning as it was pulled by the bus. a good samaritan helped pull the driver out and get medical treatment. three inmates at a jail in georgia are being praised for coming to the rescue of a deputy who suffered a medical emergency. he was supervising the jail block when he passed out and hit his head. the inmates who were locked up started pounding on the doors making enough noise to wake the officer up. he managed to open their cells before collapsing again, and the inmates rushed to his side and radioed for help. even though he was bleeding profusely, help arrived in time and he is now okay.

one inmate said just because they made mistakes in their past does not mean all inmates are bad people. next the rescue in florida that's being called a miracle. two police officers race to the scene after a little girl was found floating in a pool. this morning, police body camera video showing two officers sprinting to save a child's life in florida. >> please hurry. oh, my god. please hurry. >> reporter: the 3-year-old seen lying lifeless, her arms turning purple after the girl's grandparents said they found her floating in their pool. >> to be honest, my first thought was there was no way we were going to bring her back because as purple and blue as her skin was, i thought for sure she was gone. >> okay, baby, come on. breathe for me. breathe for me. >> reporter: officers robert lindblom and kyle skipper then performing chest compressions with thoughts of their own children passing through their minds. >> i've got a 3-year-old girl the same age and a 4-year-old son.

it hits home. >> and i've got a 7-year-old and 11-year-old of my own, so they immediately went through my head. >> yeah, she's semiconscious. >> okay, good. >> we got a pulse. >> good, good. >> reporter: the little girl finally taking a breath and regaining her pulse. >> for me when i saw her take that breath, i really -- i really just thought it was a miracle. >> reporter: the officers were c qukly because they were already responding to a call nearby. >> whether it was fate or divine intervention or just luck, i'm glad we were there. >> incredible work there. the girl has made a full recovery. doctors say any longer in that pool and she would not have survived. coming up, the new mission to mars launching this morning. also ahead, beaches on alert. sharks coming within five feet of the shoreline. how swimmers can protect themselves. and later the priceless memento returned to one woman thanks to some help from ryan reynolds.

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back now with nasa's n back now with nasa's new mission to mars today. the perseverance rover is set to be launched this morning. during its six-month mission it will search for signs of life. the rover is equipped with a helicopter which will attempt to fly 15 feet off the ground to survey the martian surface. perseverance will also collect samples that will eventually be brought back to earth. emergency crews in arizona have been scrambling to turn a derailed train car upright hoping to stop it from leaking hazardous gas. the freight train was traveling over a bridge near tempe when the bridge partially collapsed igniting a fire. some of those train cars were carrying toxic materials. others were carrying lumber. no injuries reported. more shark sightings have closed beaches on new york's long island. at least nine sightings have ree yesterday.this one was only a few feet from swimmers. lifeguards have been forced to call everyone out of the water. one lifeguard described seeing a ten-foot shark.

on the way you see a grayish brown object. it was actually extremely long, extremely big, probably one of the biggest things i've seen in the water aside from a boat or a vessel. they recommend not swimming around sunrise and sunset when sharks are most active and stay away from seals. turning back to the coronavirus, there's new evidence the virus is hitting men much harder than women. earlier i smoke with dr. shashank ravi. we also discussed how the virus damages the heart, but we begin with a new push to shut down the economy again to stop the virus. dr. ravi, more than 1,000 health professionals have signed a letter to the government saying it's time to, quote, reboot our fight against covid-19. they argue we should shut down the country again and start over with testing and tracing. what's your take? >> well, kenneth, i agree with many of the tenets of the letter. i think we do need to improve our testing. i think we need to ramp up our contact tracing. i do think it is going to be

difficult to go back to square one across the nation. i think we do need to definitely pause and take a step back across the nation, but really look at where individual regions are and stop playing whac-a-mole and trying to put out fires but really come up with a national strategy to move forward. >> there's some new concern about the long-term risk from coronavirus. a new study finds three-quarters of recovered patients had heart damage months after they were first diagnosed. what do we know about the risk after recovery? >> i think we're still learning the long-term effects. we're about five to six months into the pandemic in the u.s. and moved from looking at the clinical outcomes knowing that some individuals continue to have heart failure. some individuals continue to have loss of smell and taste many months later. the german study that you referred to about the heart issues was primarily looking at those that already had heart disease and heart failure, and so we're continuing to learn about how different populations are impacted by the virus. >> the mayor of los angeles overnight said two-thirds of

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making news at 4:27, computer clinches, fogged phone lines and nearly a million unpaid claims. goo the governor has a plan. and two days being a from being forced to close. statues and signs coming down in marin county over sir thursd, july 30.ning, i and mike, it is friday eve and it's a party. >> it is. look at you this morning. love the colors. >> it makes me happy every time i wear it. >> that's what it is all about, right? it makes the rest of us happy.

i like the colors. glad you're having a good morning. hopefully everybody else is also. we'll bring you some news that probably isn't too much different from what you've heard the last couple of days. we do have minor warming today and a little faster sunshine, but that is hard to believe when you look at the winds, 35 miles per hour, gusting through fairfield. and look at the clouds hanging over san francisco as we look back from pier 15 and the exploratorium. so highs today about a degree or two warming than yesterday. 66 in san francisco. 70 to 80 around the bay. and mainly 80s inland until you get to the east bay, some low 90s. relief is finally on the way for jobless workers still fighting to get state unemployment benefits. a new plan by governor newsom is targeting almost one million unpaid claims. getting poohelp for people is p of our effort. julian glover has more.

>> reporter: good morning. the governor pointed out the unprecedented demand created by the pandemic, so many people out of jobs and also the antiquated computer system that is causing many of the problems that californians are facing when it comes to getting the unemployment benefits. the strike team the governor plans on creating is setting the stage to try to fix some of these problems. in 45 days, the team is creating a plan to clear the backlog of an estimated 1 million claims eligible for benefits. the priority is to process the oldest claims first and get the help to people who need it the most, like valerie, a breast cancer survivor still und undertreatme undertreatment, and she's out of work thanks to the pandemic. >> fortunately i've been living on my credit cards and i've gone through my savings and i pushed off my car payment as far as i can. i don't know where i stand. i go on to my unplimemployment

online, and there is nothing there. >> reporter: according to the governor, edd should clear the backlog of actionable claims by september. one of the technical improvements in the works is improving the automated system when you call into get you to the person you actually need to speak to more quickly. and of course fixing problems with ed didme meneddd cruciallys they float the idea of taking over the additional $600 in weekly unemployment benefits if congress does fail to act. so many people need this help. julian glover, abc 7 news. the governor says he will not suspend the state's minimum wage i hour on january 1 for businesses that have 25 or less workers, and $14 for businesses with more than 25