good morning, america. hurricane isaias bears down on south florida as the state struggles with the pandemic. high winds and heavy rains already crippling the caribbean, washing away roads and cars. its path of destruction as the storm heads northwest. >> i just signed an executive order to declare a state of emergency in every coastal county of florida's east coast. >> florida bracing for impact, covid testing centers shut down. our weather team in miami tracking the storm ready to impact the entire east coast of the u.s. california inferno. two wildfires merging into one raging overnight. evacuations ordered with hundreds of homes threatened, the battle to get it under control. the coronavirus fight.

hospitals filling up, florida breaking records for daily deaths. the alarming figures in 33 states. could new jersey be ready to press pause? cases spreading through a summer camp, and was this assault covid related? plus, one restaurant's innovative way to try to stop the spread. tiktok banned? president trump's threat overnight to ban the wildly popular video app. the fears it could be a national security risk and how the president could carry out the move. and ready to return. the pivotal moment for the spacex crew prepping to head home. >> every six hours we'll get another forecast, sort of an update. >> will the hurricane force a change of plans for this historic mission? hey, good morning and let's get straight to the breaking news. florida facing a double threat right in the middle of this

deadly pandemic. a hurricane is moving in. as we come on the air, hurricane isaias is edging toward the coast, strengthening overnight, in fact, packing winds of 85 miles an hour. >> the category 1 storm battering the bahamas all through the night lashing the islands with powerful winds that toppled trees and ripped apart roofs, as well as pounding rain that flooded roads. >> isaias has already caused widespread flooding and small landslides in puerto rico and the dominican republic where at least two people were killed. our rob marciano is in miami with the very latest on the storm track. rob, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. hard to believe one week ago today last saturday we were bracing for hurricane hanna on another red zone coronavirus hot spot on the coast of texas and now we've got a storm that has strength nearly the size and strength of hanna that has already ripped through puerto rico and other islands that are still recovering from recent hurricanes. overnight hurricane isaias slamming the caribbean and

moving toward the east coast of the u.s. the hurricane battering the bahamas, packing powerful winds over 80 miles per hour, heavy rain and dangerous storm surge. the storm also hitting the turks and caicos. and in puerto rico isaias damaging homes and knocking out power for thousands leaving neighborhoods across the island underwater, flash floods and mudslides through the streets. the national guard saving children including this newborn caught in the floodwaters. in the dominican republic, the storm turning deadly killing two including a 5-year-old boy. the hurricane gaining strength, now taking aim at the epicenter. florida residents racing to prepare by stocking up and boarding up. >> everyone should at this point who's in the potential path of this have enough food, water and medicine to last seven days. if you haven't done that, you still have time to do it. >> reporter: the coming storm

also forcing coronavirus testing sites in the storm's path to close down. americans up and down the east coast preparing for isaias in the midst of a global pandemic. north carolina declaring a state of emergency, prompting evacuations. most shelters remain closed due to the virus. i suppose if there's any sort of good news, because of the pandemic there are a lot fewer people that would normally be here. not many tourists the last few days and months. let's talk about where the center of this thing is. it's about 200 miles south and east so we'll feel the effects later this afternoon. it's south of nassau and the baham bahamas. the approaches the south coast of florida later today and tonight and getting towardses pa bch anduay through the space coast, maybe making landfall, maybe staying offshore. it's going to be dangerously close. into the carolinas monday and tuesday and potentially clipping parts of new england tuesday

night into wednesday, so everybody is going to get a piece of this but florida will feel the brunt of it. here's what one of our computer models show. two to four inches of rain down here, winds 50 to 80 miles per hour. we'll see storm surge also but rainfall and wind up and down the east coast of florida. it's going to be a long couple of days. eva, back to you. >> thanks, rob. you will continue to watch that for us all morning. now to the latest on the pandemic. coronavirus cases are on the rise in 25 states plus d.c. and puerto rico. the number of deaths now more than 153,000. this on the heels of the worst month for coronavirus cases so far, reaching nearly 2 million nationwide in july. that's more than double any other month so far. it was also the worst month for hospitalizations which were nearly 52,000 across the u.s. abc's trevor ault is at new york's mt. sinai hospital with the details. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: well, good morning, eva. so, the daily case total nationwide has leveled off, maybe even dipped slightly but compared to that record surge we

saw in july and still major sections of this country are watching their numbers go from bad to worse. plus, in those states that were slammed with cases and hospitalizations weeks ago, that's now evolving into even more death. this morning, a grim milestone as california becomes the first state to surpass 500,000 cases of covid. hospitals filling up across the country. >> currently we have about twice our usual icu bed capacity. more than half of that is with covid-related diseases. >> reporter: florida now breaking its record for new daily deaths for the fourth straight day and georgia re-opening the world congress center convention hall as a mpo cdreports an outbreak infecting hundreds of children at a north georgia summer camp of about 600 campers and staff there. 260 tested positive. 33 states and puerto rico are

now reporting increasing deaths with half the country seeing the rate of positive tests rise including in new jersey where governor phil murphy says rising numbers in his state are setting off alarms, warning he may pause or reverse the state's re-opening. >> consider this as being put on notice. we will not tolerate these devil may care nonchalant attitudes any longer. >> reporter: inside a new jersey staples, authorities say this woman was thrown to the ground by another shopper after asking her to cover her nose with her mask. the victim had just had a liver transplant and broke her leg in the fall. the woman accused of the assault is still at large. other businesses are turning to innovation. this michigan restaurant has a machine that takes customers' temperatures, scans their masks and sprays an fda approved disinfecting mist. >> when you go into the supermarket and see all that mist on your fruits and vegetables, it's the same thing so you can eat it. you can drink it and now you can walk through it.

>> reporter: across the country health officials are expressing concern over continued crowds like these boat parties on the waters of connecticut saying they still pose a threat. this as researchers race to develop a vaccine. this morning multiple potential drugs have moved into large-scale human testing. dr. victoria smith is volunteering for pfizer's vaccine. >> i've lost three patients to covid and so a vaccine is really what offers some hope to try to end, you know, so much of the suffering. >> reporter: and out in california health officials announced the state's first death of a child from covid-19. they say the victim was just a teenager, though they did have other health conditions. dan. >> terrible nonetheless. trevor, thank you very much. really appreciate it. let's go back to florida where they're dealing with both the pandemic and, as we've been saying, an approaching hurricane. with us now, the miami mayor, francis suarez.

mr. mayor, good morning. as you look at this unfortunate confluence of the hurricane and a pandemic, i'm curious to know what are your most urgent concerns in the coming hours and days? >> well, the most urgent concerns obviously are going to be if we have to order an evacuation, how is that going to be impacted by the fact that we have a very high spread of covid in our community. obviously, you know, with 20 shelters that are being programmed to potentially be open, people who would be evacuated would have to socially distance, would have to bring hand sanitizers, would have to wear face coverings, and the other thing is we're having to deal with that in our emergency operationsnt usually an emergency operation center is a place where people are tightly packed together so we can communicate easily. and now we have to socially distance and wear masks. so it definitely presents a certain set of challenges that wouldn't be there but for covid in our community right now. >> are you confident you can navigate the challenges without leading to further outbreak?

>> we are confident. you know, we've been thinking about this and preparing for this for a few months now. obviously it does present additional amounts of strain in our resources but we'll be ready. >> your state has just recorded a record number of deaths for the fourth state -- for the fourth straight day and yet president trump visited tampa yesterday and said -- and i'm quoting here -- i think we're doing really well in florida. you're a member of the republican party. do you agree with the president? >> no, i don't think we're doing really well. i've been saying for the last couple of weeks that the deaths are going to increase and predicting this because in miami, for example, our ventilators are at an all-time high almost by a factor of 50%, so, you know, before we had 196 people on ventilators. now over 350 people on ventilators and unfortunately about 65% of people on ventilators do not make it. so, no, i don't think that we're, you know -- i think we're right now in miami plateauing, hopefully we'll continue to decrease.

we have implemented a variety of different measures and hoping they will continue improving over the next coming weeks but it's been a slow improvement at best. >> one more note about the president. he was not wearing a mask when he visited the state yesterday, at least at some of his public appearances. you have called on the governor to issue a statewide mask mandate and, in fact, there was an editorial in "the sun sentinel," the local newspaper, that reads, quote, we're dying here. do you think a statewide mask mandate is possible? is it in the realm of possibility? >> oh, it's definitely possible. it's up to the governor to decide whether or not he wants to do it. it's certainly possible. i actually think we should have a national mask mandate and i do think that when -- and i've said this before. when the president doesn't wear a mask in a situation like that it sends a mixed message so i think the issue is for a city like miami, we want 100% compliance so we can get control of this virus as quickly as possible. we're now enforcing our mask mandate.

that's what we're forced to do and issue tickets to people who aren't wearing them and that's something we prefer not to have to do but it would be helpful if the president would wear a mask when he's in florida, certainly when he's in miami, so that we send the right signal to all members in our community to do likewise. >> mayor of miami, francis suarez, thank you very much, sir. really appreciate your time. whit, over to you. >> dan, thanks. >> speaking of florida, president trump returned from florida overnight making news about a plan to ban the popular tiktok app and commenting on dr. anthony fauci testifying before congress. abc's andrew dymburt is in washington with all the details on that. andrew, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. it is one of the most popular apps in the united states and the president says that he is looking into banning it over privacy concerns. meanwhile, dr. anthony fauci once again testifying before congress saying that the coronavirus won't simply just disar. this morning, president trump stopping in tampa, florida, a state critical to his

approaches the south. >> we just received the endorsement of many, many police organizations all over the united states. >> reporter: while on capitol hill a different kind of storm is brewing. health officials are being grilled on the government's pandemic response. dr. anthony fauci spending a good portion of his testimony debunking myths and misinformation about the virus. there was also this fiery exchange about recent protests between dr. anthony fauci and republican jim jordan. >> should we limit the protesting? >> i'm not sure what you mean should -- how do we say limit the protesting? >> should government limit the protesting? >> i -- i don't think that's relevant to -- >> you just said if it increases the spread of the virus, i'm asking should we limit it? >> president trump responding to the exchange on twitter tweeting, great job by jim jordan, and also some very good statements by tony fauci. by progress being made. amid the pandemic the president also stoking fears about how it could affect the upcoming election and mail-in voting.

>> you won't know the election result for weeks, months, maybe years after. maybe you'll never know thelectr trumsang he plans to ban the chinese owned app tiktok from operating in the united states. without providing details as to how he will ban the wildly popular app, the president says he will sign some form of executive action as soon as today. for months u.s. officials feared the chinese government could use the app to gain access to users' private data. some branches of the u.s. military have already banned service members from using tiktok. and tiktok releasing a statement saying in part that it is committed to protecting user privacy. the aclu also weighing in this morning saying that banning the app would be a danger to free expression. eva. >> andrew, thank you. democratic leaders are expected to meet with the treasury secretary and the white house chief of staff this morning as negotiations over stimulus relief are at a standstill. abc's deirdre bolton joins us now with the latest as millions of americans lose that key

benefit that's been helping them stay afloat. good morning to you, deirdre. >> reporter: good morning, eva. that life line that the federal government extended to americans that was part of keeping them and the economy afloat is gone. so in the past few months 30 million unemployed americans had support in this form. $600 per week supplementary payments so people were using the money to buy food, buy medicine, pay for child care, pay for housing. the benefit covered a wide swath of the population. in fact, it covered people who normally would not qualify for unemployment. gig workers, freelancers, the self-employed. it provided a safety net for many. congress is working on a new coronavirus relief bill, but it's at a standstill. one of the points of contention on capitol hill is this argument that the benefits are so high people are making more by being at home than by working and, therefore, have a disincentive to work so this is the debate on

capitol hill. republicans want to cut that aid to $200 a week. democrats want to extend it, the $600 per week, until the new year. the clock is ticking. the senate adjourned for the weekend without passing an extension or replacement. congress as we know getting ready for an august recess. dan. >> all right. deirdre, thank you very much. appreciate it. we turn to another breaking story overnight. hundreds of people forced from their homes from a wildfire burning out of control about 80 miles east of los angeles. abc's zohreen shah has more. >> reporter: overnight in california, uncontained inferno. hundreds of firefighters battling the apple fire as it of losnges.gh cherry valley east helicopters and ground crews working to contain the flames now covering almost 2,000 acres. the fire which started as two smaller brush fires friday afternoon merging into one massive blaze overnight.

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wefollowhappening right now, a threat in florida right in the middle of a deadly pandemic. a hurricane moving in. hurricane isaias is edging toward the coast strengthening overnight packing winds of 85 miles an hour. isaias has already caused widespread flooding and small landslides in puerto rico and in the dominican republic where at least two people have died. also right now, dangerous invasion? officials in washington state say they have captured an asian sayi they think that could me tre is a potentially insects in the state. so far there have been at least six confirmed sightings of the hornets but this is the first time one of them was trapped. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is back home this morning after being treated in a new york city hospital for a nonsurgical procedure. earlier this summer you might remember the 87-year-old justice announced she was undergoing chemotherapy after a recurrence of her pancreatic cancer.

and we're going to start this half hour with a rough start for some school districts. some students showing up for class testing positive for covid-19. this as we get a better idea of what the school year will look like in much of the country or at least what the plans are. stephanie ramos is here with much more. stephanie, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, dan, good morning. as some schools prepare to open across the country others have already welcomed students back into the classroom as covid cases soar in certain states. parents now facing that difficult decision to send their kids back to school or keep them home. this morning, the coronavirus already thwarting plans across the country. a mississippi high school student testing positive, and in indiana a junior high school student went to school on the first day with a pending covid test learning the results were positive while at school.

the staff isolating the student and alerting those who came into close contact. >> it's certainly unfortunate for those families that were contacted last night. they have this excitement about being back for the first day of school and that very night getting a phone call saying your child is going to need to stay home for two weeks. disappointing, yes. >> reporter: classroom safety and contingency plans for students who test positive with covid now in place. so what will schools look like this year? for some it's all remote learning. for others, it's a hybrid. physically in schools some days and remote learning other days. in florida, the manatee school district sharing this video on their website as part of their reopening plan. >> every effort will be made to put as much distance between students as possible. >> reporter: teachers donning protective lab coats, masks, and face shields with kids spaced six feet apart and sitting alone at lunch. >> cloth masks will be provided to each student through their schools. >> reporter: one florida mom shared her views of the district's video on tiktok. >>'motoing to lie.

>> reporter: that video viewed millions of times. >> and i was like, man, this is intense. i can't believe this is real life. >> reporter: in avon, indiana, 85% of students opted for in-person school. they were back in the classroom this week. amanda has three daughters ages 11, 8, and 7. she sent her daughters to school with their masks to very little complaints. >> it's going to be okay. you know, back generations have lived through things worse than this, so just be hopeful and stay positive. >> reporter: and here in new york city once the epicenter of the virus, the governor says in order to reopen schools, the school's region must maintain a daily infection rate of 5% or lower over 14 days. eva. >> stephanie ramos for us, thank you. >> let's turn now to our chief medical correspondent dr.

jennifer ashton. good morning to you. the school year is just beginning in some districts and some students as you heard in stephanie's piece are already testing positive. should parents be concerned and should some of those plans be reconsidered at this point? >> well, eva, i think parents are always going to be concerned. that's our hanas parents. and i think it's not a one-size-fits-all answer. we shouldn't be surprised when we hear about there being cases. it's really about how we respond to those cases and that will be different in different parts of the country at different times. it depends if there is a lot of circulating virus in the area, and it depebnds on that particular student, their families, and the risk factors of the families involved on the part of the teachers and faculty. so this is a complex issue and i think the name of the game is flexibility. we have to be able to pivot and shift and modify and adapt

because this is going to be a roller-coaster academic year for sure. >> we are seeing a lot of pivoting happening. a new study is raising concerns that children younger than age 5 may have up to 100 times as much of the virus in the upper respiratory tract as adults. what does that mean for how this virus may be spread? >> well, this was just published, eva, in the jama pediatrics journal, and it just bears repeating. there's a saying in medicine, children are not little adults. and this is one example why. they detected genetic material of sars-cov-2 in high amounts in the respiratory tract of kids. that doesn't mean it was live virus, but it does suggest, again, that kids may have a significant role in transmitting the virus to adults, so we have to look at the ripple effects here, and we're learning about how this virus behaves literally day by day. >> dr. jennifer ashton, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we always appreciate you. whit, over to you. >> heavy debate. it's one thing to open schools.

the other thing, can you keep them open throughout the school year. ansition and get a check of the hing hurne isaia te? >> whit, we just had our first rain band fromsame innd scrambled for the blue jackas well so conditions will go wnll throughout the day. noe wns er t past month now that it's august 1st, july, a record-setting month for heat across many spots in the country. look at this. arizona, the average temperature, morning high, 98 degrees. harrisburg, buffalo, watertown, all breaking records for the hottest month on record. 90-degree day, charlottesville, virginia, 30 out of 31. there's no ocean to go to. raleigh, north carolina, 28. d.c., 28. and a lot of d.c.'s days were over 95.

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welcome back to "gma," and the sports season is like nothing we've seen before. major league baseball trying to contain a coronavirus outbreak. the nba on the other hand enjoying early success, leaving some wondering if other leagues should embrace the bubble. an urgent warning from baseball's commissioner this morning, espn reporting rob manfred told the players association, if the sport doesn't do a better job of managing the coronavirus, it could shut down for the season. manfred also alerting networks, broadcasting mlb games, to look at possible alternate programming. >> we don't want any player to get exposed. procs e ngnoimistic that the that it will allow us to continue to play even through an outbreak like this and complete our season. >> reporter: the announcement comes as baseball's outbreak strikes out another team. the st. louis cardinals postponed their game friday after two players tested

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hey, welcome b hey, welcome back to "gma" and the preparations in space for the journey home. nasa astronauts onboard the international space station are readying crew dragon for the return to earth and abc's gio benitez is in texas where he's been following the mission. gio, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, dan, good morning to you from the johnson space center in houston. you know, the astronauts got up earlier than we did, 3:00 this morning for this next pivotal moment in this historic mission. >> liftoff of the falcon 9 and "crew dragon." go nasa, go spacex. >> reporter: just two months "crew dragon" became the first commercial spaceship to send astronauts into space. now nasa's bob behnken and doug hurley are set to return to earth on the "dragon" even as hurricane isaias threatens their splashdown. they spoke to us from the

international space station friday join the by commander chris cassidy. are you at all concerned that this storm may be too close for comfort? >> every six hours we'll get another forecast, sort of an update. so we're watching those closely. >> reporter: if the "dragon" undocks tonight, it must start its journey to earth and the clock will be ticking. they have just 48 hours worth of oxygen onboard once it undocks and then tomorrow splashdown. >> the ground teams are fully aware of the challenges of the water landing and what it does to the human body and we'll take it from there. we've exercised very hard while we've been up here. >> reporter: this test flight setting the stage for behnken's own wife megan mcarthur. what tips do you have for her? inside of "dragon," but it'll be hard to tamp down all the excitement she has with any suggestions i have. >> reporter: she really is excited. and nasa's flight director said overnight he's feeling really good about a splashdown tomorrow somewhere in the gulf of mexico

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this family turning a backyard into their own version of an amusement park having fun in the kiddy pool, and the pga may call it barracuda championship, emphasis on the bear. golfers in truckee, california, giving this bear plenty of room as it roamed across thegreen take its sweet time. >> "good morning america" is now two hours on saturday. coming up, the latest on the hurricane. keep it right here. perry surprise two health care care workers.? you got to see this. >> i just want good morning, everyone. i'm liz kreutz. happening today a drive-thru donation event to give parents and families a little extra help during back to school season. the samaritan house is handing out 2,000 backpacks full of school supplies to some of its registered families. they'll be handing them out at the san mateo event

9:00 to 10:00 p.m. >> we are looking at a pretty nice day out there. in fact a bit of a warmup in fact and temperatures coming up anywhere from 3 to 5 degrees so should be a nice afternoon. and you can see the fog is across the bay here. and check it out we've got a lot of fog now but it's going to be warmer. >> all right, lisa, thank you so much and looking pretty neat out there. thank you all for joining us. we appreciate it. we're going to have another news update in another half-hour around 8:30 and of course the abc 7 news at 9:00. we hope you join for that and have a great day. we're going to leave you with this live picture outside. have a good one, thank you.

good morning, america. it's our second hour, and happening right now, hurricane isaias moving through the bahamas today and expected to arrive near florida tonight. we are tracking this storm as it heads up the east coast with dangerous storm surge and torrential rain. coronavirus crisis. as the united states records more than 4.5 million cases and 153,000 deaths, florida breaking its record for daily fatalities and georgia converting a convention center into a temporary hospital. the latest on the pandemic. while a debate rages over re-opening schools, teachers are caught in the middle. why some teachers are leaving their jobs. >> i had to think about my family, and i finally had to put