maybe 102 today. maybe a little cooler in your good morning, america.our wildfire emergency. the race to escape california in this record-breaking fire season. thousands of firefighters battling at least 25 infernos. record heat is fueling the flames torching nearly 170,000 acres across the golden state threatening more than 5,000 homes. helicopters swooped in to save hundreds of holiday weekend campers but now thick smoke prevents rescue choppers from landing. this morning, red flag warnings in six states from washington to arizona. ginger is live on the scene. tracking the latest on the new dangerous conditions and the rescue efforts under way. the big concerns post-labor day weekend. hundreds of partiers lining the streets of las vegas. thousands of worshippers in seattle and sacramento ignoring mask guidelines and college

towns quickly becoming the new epicenters for the virus as more schools shut down classrooms. this morning, top health expert dr. jha joins us live with the latest. election countdown. with eight weeks to go the candidates hit the trail as joe biden calls president trump un-american over that report alleging the president called fallen soldiers losers. the president fires back. this morning, former white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders joins us live only on "gma." new fallout after the tennis superstar was disqualified from the u.s. open after accidentally hitting a lineswoman with a ball. the line judge now being targeted by internet trolls. how novak djokovic is now coming to her defense. royal retreat. prince harry and megan and their megamillion dollar netflix deal. what it could mean for the couple and the royal family. and the king of the ballroom. six-time dancing champ derek hough and his bombshell ballroom announcement. he's joining us live.

you'll hear it first only on "gma." and we certainly do say, good morning, america. it's great to be with you on this tuesday morning. amy and george, i don't know about you but it feels like the first day of school. >> it does, i agree. >> it is for our kids. >> i know. i know. starting ninth grade? i was dipping in the conversation. >> emily goes to school today. she's all excited and nervous, all the jitters there. >> ninth grade. that's a big one, amy. but we're going to get right to the wildfires because they are ravaging california, and those images that we're seeing of people racing to escape the flame, well, they're just stunning, george. >> they certainly are and there were dramatic rescue scenes over the weekend. helicopters saving people surrounded by flames. and take a live look right no,

families in fresno waiting for news their loved ones hoping to be rescued and just got news, 13 more people rescued by a blackhawk helicopter that just landed at the fresno air base. >> it's not just the golden state and washington state, winds blowing at up to 60 miles an hour fueling those flames, almost an entire town there destroyed and take a look at this satellite image, the wildfire smoke extending from california all the way to kansas, robin. >> all the way to kansas. well, let's get to ginger who is near one of those major infernos, the eldorado fire in california. she has the latest for us. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: robin, good morning. little not a sunshine but just smoke as far as the eye can see. here i am standing on one of the 2.1 million acres already burned in the state of california. that is a record, the most in a single year, and we're just getting to the peak of fire season. so tonight and tomorrow we're going to get into this big santa ana event, but boy, has it been a rough weekend from washington

state to arizona. this morning, a desperate race to escape. deadly wildfires consuming millions of acres on the west coast, giant whirls of smoke driven by those erratic winds. at least 25 large wildfires burning in california alone. the creek fire near fresno scorching more than 135,000 acres in just four days. firefighters unable to contain it. the conditions made worse by blazing temperatures, record highs, dry winds and an infestation of bark beetles which killed many of the trees. >> they're native here. now we're starting to see that those trees have dried out to the point where they are being consumed by the creek fire in a way that we have not experienced

before. >> reporter: more than 100 hikers stranded, the road too dangerous to escape by car. officials ordering them to shelter in place until they can be rescued in the morning. >> the general plan is to evacua evacuate them by air or ground transit and they won't know until morning. >> reporter: over the weekend more than 200 people rescued by helicopter at a campground near fresno. the creek fire blocking the only road out. some people taken to nearby hospitals with severe burns and broken bones. >> this is hell. >> reporter: this family survived, seen here trying to escape by car before they had to jump into the water when the fwla flames got too close. >> there was no warning. the fire just moved so fast so only so much we could do. >> reporter: the national guard realizing they were quickly running out of time. >> the conditions were pretty extreme. a couple crew members said smoke was making them nauseous. every piece of vegetation as far as you could see around the lake was on fire and just keep going until we ran out of people.

>> reporter: the eldorado fire here in san bernardino started by a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used at a gender reveal party. >> you always have the chance, at least in california, a chance of you doing something that causes a spark and causes a fire is high and particularly this time of year. anything that is potentially going to cause a spark should be avoided. >> reporter: that fire burning more than 9,000 acres since saturday burning structures near oak glen, the san bernardino fire department tweeting this video showing them battling a wall of flames to save the village. some folks fighting themselves with garden hoses desperate to save their homes. and in washington, smoke filling the streets in the town of malden after a sweeping fire destroyed nearly 80% of the homes in their town including their post office and city hall. the ground littered with the still burning remains.

even if you're not threatened by the fire itself, it is impacting people far and wide. you can see around me and you can see in this image of san francisco, that would be on the left side what it looked like on labor day, just could not see, visibility so low and air quality so bad people are having trouble breathing, driving and it's only about to get worse. george? >> we know you'll be tracking it. ginger, thanks very much. let's bring in colonel jesse miller from the national guard. colonel miller, thank you for joining us. give us the latest on rescue operations going on right now. >> okay, good morning. yeah, fortunately some good news to report. one of our blackhawk helicopters was successfully able to land at about 3:16 a.m. this morning. we were able to rescue 13 campers and local residents and that blackhawk just landed at 3:38 in the morning back at the fresno airport safely getting some of those folks back to their families and safety. >> that is really good news.

what are the other major rescue operations going on right now? >> well, concurrently with that rescue that just happened at china peak, there are other helicopters in the air, a national guard helicopter trying to reach hidden lake and another search and rescue bird from -- i believe the navy trying to get into lake edison. >> have we turned the corner? >> well, we hope so. mother nature is trying to help us out this morning with some of the smoke clearing, allowing visibility for the aircraft to pick up the landing zones and get in safely to our folks here in california. >> but it has been such a perfect storm of tough conditions. high temperatures, low humidity, high winds. >> yeah, it's been a complex operating environment with the record high heat, low humidity as you mentioned, unpredictable

and dynamic wind conditions combined with the rugged terrain and altitude in the sierras. it's been tough work for our pilots, but those aviation crews and our interagency partners on the ground in madeira and fresno county have been the heroes on the front lines, working all night since early evening yesterday through the night and now into the early morning hours. >> we are all grateful for that good work. colonel, thanks very much. >> thank you, sir. >> robin? >> yeah, we certainly are grateful, george, thank you. we turn to the coronavirus emergency, the number of cases worldwide surpassing 27.3 million. here in the u.s., a week ago 13 states were seeing an increase in cases, now it is up to 30. stephanie ramos is outside nyu with more on how college students returning to campus might be fueling the increase we're seeing across the country. good morning, stephanie.

>> reporter: robin, good morning. here at nyu covid testing tents have been set up for students and there are new covid rules to follow. just some of the things that nyu is doing to try to keep young people from spreading the virus. this morning, concerns over new video from people spending the holiday weekend in las vegas, hundreds of people lining the streets with little to no social distancing and few masks. >> the tourists that are coming in to town that are not staying six feet away from each other but looks like they're social distancing six inches from each other. >> reporter: images from let us worship gatherings overnight in seattle. and in sacramento sunday where event organizers estimated 11,000 people gathered, state mask mandates and gathering guidelines ignored. the gatherings a form of protest in response to government officials shutting down places of worship during the pandemic. across the country, more universities like virginia's james madison temporarily

switching to virtual learning with only some students staying on campus as college towns around the country are quickly becoming epicenters for the virus. >> my grandma lives with us and both my parents are high risk so i'm staying on campus until i get my results back. then we'll go from there. >> reporter: "the new york times" looking at 203 counties where students make up at least 10% of the population, finding that since opening up in august for fall classes, half of them are having their worst weeks of infections since the pandemic started. indiana university investigating this crowded boat party. northeastern dismissing 11 students who gathered in a hotel room provided by the school. the university refusing to refund their more than $36,000 tuition payments. to date the virus has claimed the lives of nearly 190,000 in the u.s. the cdc predicting the country will pass 200,000 deaths before the end of the month.

according to the covid tracking project, more than 32,000 people are currently hospitalized with the virus in the u.s., like 31-year-old jorge orosco. he tested positive last week after previously testing negative twice. doctors finding severe blood clotting in his heart, kidney and feet. he says he was perfectly healthy and just had mild asthma. >> after doing some tests they came back in space suits and basically told me it's like, yeah, you have covid. if i had let it go a little longer, it might not have turned out so well. >> reporter: here in new york the governor says the state currently has the lowest hospitalization rate since march and the infection rate has been less than 1% for 30 straight days. amy? >> all right, thank you. joining us again is dr. ashish jha, the dean of the brown university school of public health. dr. jha, thanks for being with us. labor day is over. most kids are back at school. can you give us a sense of where we are now versus early spring and what your forecast is for

the rest of the year? >> so, good morning, and thank you for having me on. you know, labor day is over. kids are getting back to school. colleges are filling up as we saw in that report. in many ways, we're in better shape than we were let's say at the worst of the summer. so late july was really where the country peaked with about 75,000, 80,000 cases a day. we're about half that. that's the good news. the bad news is that -- memorial day, when we began the summer, we were at 20,000 new cases a day. so in many ways we're in much worst shape entering the fall than we were entering the summer and know in the fall with schools and colleges opening, we're going to probably see a lot more cases ahead. >> dr. jha, when you look at the raw numbers, as you point out the cases are going up, more people are getting sick than what we saw in the spring. but we're not seeing those frightening scenes of overwhelmed hospitals and morgues. is that because younger people are recovering or treatments are

getting better or both? >> it's a bit of both and that's one of the real sort of good news in this piece is that we are getting better at treating people so people are spending less time in the hospital. somebody who might have stayed for two weeks might be discharged after five, seven days because they get better. that helps a lot. then there are younger people getting infected more now and they are less likely to be hospitalized. what we've learned though is that when the infections rise in young people, it doesn't just stay in young people. it eventually does spread to older people and people with chronic disease. >> that's very important to remember on these back to school moments right now. dr. jha, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> george? >> amy, thanks. we get to the race for the white house. the post-labor day sprint, eight weeks to go president trump is fighting from behind blasting allegations that he disparaged american soldiers, attacking joe biden and kamala harris in highly personal terms ahead of a trip to two key states today. our senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has the latest. >> reporter: with fewer than 60

days to go until the election, president trump is hurling insults. >> biden is a stupid person. biden doesn't have a clue. >> reporter: his polls slipping over his handling of the coronavirus and now the president is hinting at the possibility of an even earlier vaccine before election day. >> you could have a very big surprise coming up. so we'll have a vaccine very soon, maybe even before a very special date. you know what date i'm talking about. it could be during the month of october actually. could be before november. >> reporter: kamala harris was asked if she would trust a trump administration vaccine. >> it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of whatever he's talking about. i will not take his word for it. he wants us to inject bleach. no, i will not take his word. >> reporter: and whether joe biden would take it. >> only if it was completely transparent and other experts in the country could look at it. only if we knew all of what went into it, because so far nothing he's told us has been true. >> reporter: on the campaign trail biden in a pennsylvania backyard meeting with union supporters.

>> thank you all for your service. >> reporter: a small socially distanced gathering all wearing masks. he also took aim over a report alleging the president called fallen soldiers suckers and losers. >> when it comes to veterans, he's downright un-american. >> reporter: abc news has not confirmed those claims and the president continuing to push back calling the story a hoax and then attacking military leaders in his own administration. >> i'm not saying the military is in love with me. the soldiers are. the top people in the pentagon probably aren't because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those wonderful companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make everything else stay happy. >> reporter: at his white house news conference the president also ridiculed a reporter for wearing a mask. >> you're going to have to take that off, please. you can take it off. if you don't take it off, you're very muffled. >> reporter: and praised another for removing his. >> you sound so clear as opposed to everybody elsewhere they refuse.

>> reporter: so we are now just 56 days out from this election and we're hearing some close to the trump campaign have concerns about the state of fund-raising and spending there. this as there's a new report out from bloomberg that says the president is considering spending $100 million of his own money on his re-election bid. he spent about $66 million back in 2016, george. this as joe biden shattered a fund-raising record last month. >> the trump campaign appears to be facing a cash crunch. thanks very much. the president's former press secretary sarah huckabee sanders is coming up in our next half-hour, you see here right there. one week from tonight i'll anchor a town hall with uncommitted voters, the president and the people that airs tuesday, september 15th at 9:00 eastern. coming up, a lot of other stories including novak djokovic coming to the defense of the lineswoman he hit with a ball at the u.s. open. and harry and meghan announcing their financial freedom from the crown. what's next for the couple after that megadeal with netflix. first, let's go back to ginger. hey, ginger. >> reporter: amy, it's not just california. look at this video out of colorado.

they have already had their largest wildfire on record and this is called the cameron peak fire which is now their fourth largest. it exploded in size, more than 35,000 acres in less than a day. it is now burning more than 90,000 acres. look at all the alerts across the west, from arizona to washington state, still in red flag warnings. winds up to 60 miles per hour when we get into that santa ana wind event tonight and those winds shift to offshore. that's when we'll see these fires, especially in southern california, get those erratic conditions. let's get to the tuesday trivia sponsored by caesars rewards.

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being treated. germany thinking about possible sanctions on the kremlin in response to the poisoning. three mothers to reach the quarterfinals in tennis. 23-time grand slam champ serena marked her 100th win in arthur ashe stadium in new york, the most of any tennis player in history, robin. >> those moms are looking good, george. but we continue with more fallout after novak djokovic was tossed from the u.s. open after accidentally hitting a linesperson with a ball costing him a chance to win another grand slam title and also a chance to take home $3 million in prize money. the tennis star now coming to the defense of the woman who is being attacked online. t.j. holmes joins us now with the latest on all this. good morning, t.j. >> good morning to you, and to be clear, he did not intentionally hit her but hit the ball that eventually hit the line judge that warranted him

being kicked out because of ball abuse but still despite rules his fans are taking out their frustration on the line judge. the number one tennis player in the world apologizing for this ugly weekend incident at the u.s. open. novak djokovic disqualified after hitting a ball in frustration during his match that struck a line judge in the throat. that judge is now recovering from her injury but also being targeted by internet trolls and even receiving death threats. >> wait, wait, guys, we've got a problem here. >> reporter: djokovic asking his fans to back down, writing overnight on social media, the judge has done nothing wrong at all, telling people to be supportive and caring to her as she heals. this as we get a closer look at the moment that caused djokovic his chance at his 18th grand slam title. the tennis star seen appealing to officials asking to stay in the match saying the lineswoman was not seriously injured.

you can give me a game penalty, a set penalty. you have many options. she doesn't have to go to the hospital or anything. >> reporter: but earlier in that same match djokovic angrily hit one that went off the wall. after hitting the line judge and despite his pleas, the grand slam champ was tossed from the tournament. >> it's not the intention that matters. if you take that chance that if it does hit someone and harm them in any way, then they're going to default you. >> reporter: afterwards djokovic apologizing on instagram, saying this whole situation has left me really sad and empty. i'm extremely sorry to have caused her such stress. so unintended. so wrong. while dramatic, djokovic's ejection is not unprecedented. in 2017 this match was forfeited after the chair ump was accidentally struck in the face by a ball, and last year a frustrated michael mo threw a

rocket, hitting a linesman. >> oh, my god, this match is over. >> reporter: many now applaud the officials for not giving special treatment to one of the game's biggest names. >> just because it's novak, it's getting so much more attention but if this happened on court 28 >> he has now forfeited and been fined 270,000 in all of this. novak djokovic was an overwhelming favorite to win this open. >> he was an overwhelming favorite and his fans are, well, they're not taking this lightly but like many felt it was the right decision to make. all right, t.j. thanks so much. amy. >> all right, robin, now to meghan and harry breaking free financially from the royal family following that meg by multimillion dollar agreement with netflix. james longman has the latest on

all that outside buckingham palace. does this mean megxit is a done deal? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, amy. it does almost feel like a divorce settlement of sorts. meghan and harry paying back the public funds used to refurbish their home here in the uk, the latest step in their split from britain. financially free. eight months after announcing their intent to step back as senior working members of the royal family, abc news has confirmed that harry and meghan are officially financially independent from prince charles. >> the decision that i have made for my wife and i to step back is not one i made lightly. it was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the couple said they paid back in full the $3.1 million british taxpayers spent to renovate their uk home, frogmore cottage

where they lived before son archie was born this. comes a week after they signed a reported multimillion dollar deal with netflix. with the renovation money fully repaid, critics will have very little to criticize harry and meghan for. that was one of the last things looming over their heads and now that they have this life of financial independence, it really gives them the freedom to live their life in any way that they want. as they transition to life in north america it was understood the two would partly rely on private funding from prince charles who controls a vast lucrative estate known as the dutch of cornwall. but according to insiders he found much support elsewhere like from tyler perry at whose mansion they stayed before buying their $15 million california home. >> there was a lot of talk about this 12-month probation period for the couple when they said they were stepping back and the queen's made it very clear that the door is always open to them but i think this netflix deal, buying a home in the u.s., has made it very clear that door is firmly shut. >> reporter: the couple says they're now focused on creating tv content that aligns with

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back now with sarah huckabee sanders out with a new book "speaking for myself," a memoir focused on her tumultuous two years as the white house press secretary. good to see you this morning. your book makes clear you respect and affection for president trump and he's fighting from behind in these last eight weeks of the campaign. any part of you want to be back in the fray? >> look, i love the president and i love getting to be part of what he's doing from this side. i think you say he's fighting from behind but i think he's been fighting since the day he first ran for office back before 2016. this is a person who has had to fight for every single step, every single moment since he started his career in politics and i think that's what he does best. i think that's why he won in 2016. i think that's why he'll win again in 2020.

>> let's talk about that "atlantic" article thaus that's causing such an uproar. you said you didn't hear him make those disparaging remarks about the military. how do you explain why general john kelly, the chief of staff at the time, hasn't come forward to deny the allegations? his silence is pretty deafening. >> that's a question you'd have to ask general kelly. what i can tell you, i was there that day. i was part of those conversations and those things didn't happen. but not only, george, was i there that day but i spent more time with the president over 2 1/2 years than just about anybody outside of his family and i saw a president who loves this country, who loves the men and women of our armed forces. i sat with him in the oval office as he had to make that awful call to let a parent know that their son had been killed in afghanistan. at no time other than that moment have i seen the president show his heart more, show his vulnerability more than in that time. that's because he understands

the sacrifice those people are making. nothing could be further from the truth than the fact that this is a president who loves our country and loves and respects the men and women who fight for it and protect it and allow the rest of us to live in it. >> you said something i want to clarify. you said you were with the president when he called the family to notify them their son had been killed in afghanistan. i thought it was military protocol that it was always the military that went in person to see the parents. are you talking about a condolence call? >> yes, correct. a condolence call after that individual had been notified. >> your book comes out the same day as michael cohen, of course, the president's former lawyer, comes out with a very different book blasting the president calling him a racist, a liar, saying he's willing to manipulate the ballots in order to win the election and follows the books of john bolton who called him a danger to the republic and comments from james mattis, rex tillerson all highly critical.

how do you explain why they have such a different take on the president from the take you have? >> well, i think it's really simple. i think mine is actually the honest account. you're looking at people who have left as disgruntled employees, people who tried to push their own agenda. let's remember -- >> all of them, the secretary of state, the pentagon secretary -- >> i'm sorry, let's not forget whose agenda was selected by the american people. over 63 million people came out and overwhelmingly put their stamp down that they wanted donald trump to be their president. not john bolton, not rex tillerson, not james mattis. they wanted donald trump and they wanted his agenda. and these are individuals who had a very different agenda than the president. >> why did the president pick them? >> you'll from friction when those moments happen and they have to remember that donald trump is the only one that was president and it was his agenda that was meant to be carried out. >> they were chosen by the president for those jobs.

>> and certainly having a difference of opinion is not a bad thing and i think that's one of the reasons the president has been successful. he's willing to listen to those people but at the end of the day it's his decision to make and i think he's done a fantastic job doing that, moving our country forward and delivering on the promises that's said. i think my story is very candid, very authentic and shows you a different side of the president that you're not going to see on the news media and certainly not from some people that left not necessarily on their own terms. >> you are the first press secretary that was a mom while press secretary. that was a real balancing act for you. what did you learn from the experience? >> i learned a lot. i think being a mom probably helped prepare me to be press secretary. i've often said that i learned how to say no an awful lot. as a mom and, again, in the press briefing room, i learned that i had to be very consistent and repeat myself and say the same thing over and over again which is much like dealing with

my kids. sometimes it can be extremely challenging. i think it's one of the hardest things we see in our society are moms who are trying to find that perfect balance. it's one of the things i right about pretty significantly in my book speaking for myself but i think being a mom made me a better press secretary and being a press secretary for donald trump, i think, made me a better mom. it reminded me why i wanted to serve because i want my kids to grow up in an america that i love and in an america that is still the greatest country on the face of the earth. i'm proud of the work that we did and proud that my kids got to see me do that and see our family serve and sacrifice in the way that we did. >> running for governor of arkansas? >> we'll see. right now my focus is on the 2020 election, helping get the president re-elected. i'd love to see us pick up more seats in the senate and take

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good morning. i'm julian glover. happening today, some schools in marin county reopened for in person learning. with case data improving, a waiver application was approved for 15 schools. we want to check in with mike nicco with a look at that forecast today. hey, mike. >> hi, everybody. it's a little cleaner and cooler outside, but we are now in the critical fire conditions. wind advisory through at least 11:00 this evening. this could be extended a couple of hours because the winds will be up to at least 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning and the areas in red through 8:00 tomorrow morning. temperatures still extreme, ooempb though they're not as hot as yesterday. and they just keep dropping. back to average levels by

thursday. julian. >> we like sound of that, thank you. zblncht coming up on gma, the mother of three speaking out this morning after she was burned when she applied some generic hand sanitizer before lighting a candle. another update

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. wildfire emergency in the west. the desperate race to escape the flames. firefighters battling at least 25 major wildfires. helicopters swooping in to save over 200 campers. but now thick smoke clouding the air preventing rescue choppers from landing. that record heat fueling the flames. this morning, ginger is live from the fire zone. covid and college students. as more students head back to campus, is their return fueling the increase is cases across the country? the big concerns after labor day weekend. hundreds of partiers lining the streets of las vegas with little social distancing and few masks. 11,000 in sacramento ignore state mask mandates and gathering guidelines. the latest this morning. new this morning, the mom of three who used an off brand hand

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be joining us this morning with some big news. the six-time dancing champ heading back to the ballroom. we're looking forward to talking to him in just a bit live, robin. >> look at all those mirror ball trophies behind derek hough right there. also we have two more big guests ahead as well. we are looking forward to talking to gabrielle union about her family and her action-packed show. also, country singer sara evans has a brand-new memoir and new music. so still so much more ahead, george. >> we are looking forward to that. first we want to get to those wildfires across california right now. so far this year, more than 2 million acres have burned. the season is not done yet. want to go back to ginger near one of those major infernos, the eldorado fire. she's got the latest. good morning, ginger. >> reporter: george, that 2.1 million acres is just so far. that's the most the state of

california has ever recorded being burned and again, we've got the peak of fire season just upon us and tonight it's about to get a whole lot worse. just moments ago, hikers trapped by the creek fire in lake edison, california reunited with family before being rescued by a helicopter. >> mother nature is trying to help us out this morning with some of the smoke clearing, allowing visibility for the aircraft to pick up the landing zones. >> oh boy. >> reporter: this morning, a desperate race to escape. deadly wildfires consuming millions of acres on the west coast, giant whirls are smoke driven by those erratic winds. at least 25 large wildfires burning in california alone. the creek fire near fresno scorching more than 135,000 acres in just four days. over the weekend more than 200 people rescued by helicopter at a campground near fresno, the creek fire blocking the only road out. some people were taken to nearby hospitals with severe burns and

broken bones. the eldorado fire started by a smoke-generating pyro tech nick device used at a gender reveal party. now we have the santa ana wind event. we are going to see more erratic fire behavior thanks to this. you see that high pressure that is going to be parked right over reno? we'll get north and easterly winds that go offshore and could blow 45 to 60 miles per hour. amy? >> wow, not the news that firefighters were hoping for. ginger, thank you. turning now to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. the number of cases worldwide surpassing 27.3 million. let's go back to stephanie ramos outside nyu with more on how college students returning to campus might be fueling the increase across the country. good morning again, stephanie.

>> reporter: amy, good morning. nyu is just one of many colleges trying to keep young people from spreading the virus by putting in place new covid rules, some of which have already been broken but also setting up testing tents. this morning, concerns over new video from people spending the holiday weekend in las vegas. hundreds of people lining the streets with little to no social distancing and few masks. >> the tourists coming in to town that are not staying six feet away from each other but looks like they're social distancing six inches away from each other. >> reporter: images from let us worship gatherings overnight in seattle. and in sacramento sunday where event organizers estimated 11,000 gathered, state mask mandates and gathering guidelines ignored. the gatherings a form of protest in response to government officials shutting down places of worship during the pandemic. across the country, more universities like virginia's james madison temporarily

switching to virtual learning with only some students staying on campus as college towns around the country are quickly becoming epicenters for the virus. >> my grandma lives with us and both my parents are high risk so i'm staying on campus until i get my results back and then we'll go from there. >> reporter: "the new york times" looking at 203 counties where students make up at least 10% of the population. finding that since opening up in august for fall classes, half of them are having their worst weeks of infections since the pandemic started. earlier this morning, amy spoke with dr. ashish jha about who is at risk for getting coronavirus now as we enter the fall. >> younger people are getting infected more now and they're less likely to be hospitalized. what we've learned, though, is that when the infections rise in young people it doesn't just stay in young people. it eventually does spread to older people and people with chronic disease. >> reporter: to date the virus has claimed the lives of 190,000 in the u.s. and the cdc is predicting the country will pass 200,000 by the end of the month.

robin? >> okay, stephanie. also this morning, we are celebrating the life of temptations singer bruce williamson who passed away due to coronavirus. the singer was with the temptations for almost ten years. while he wasn't an original member, he sang so many of their classic hits. the members of the band mourning the loss of one of their brothers saying, once you are a temptation, you are always a temptation. he was just 49 years old, george. >> so young, robin. we're going to miss him. coming up here, the mother speaking out after she was severely burned after she said she applied a generic hand sanitizer just before lighting a candle. the new warning this morning. also this morning, gabrielle union joining us live talking about her family, her action-packed show and more. and derek hough making a big announcement about the ballroom. he is joining us live. we'll be right back. ♪ i'm a verizon engineer.

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♪ good morning, good morning welcome back to "gma." robin, who is popping in this morning? is >> oh, our home crew. we love this. it is time for our "gma" picture pop-in and i want to introduce you -- why, thank you both very much. this is my friend jack. he is from maryland. it was his wish to come to new york last year. it was his 10th birthday and he really wanted to visit us at "gma" and it was great meeting him. he's been really keeping busy. he is a boy scout as you'll see. take a listen. >> during the pandemic i've been spending lots of time in my backyard with my four cats and my dog.

i built this tepee. it's out of fallen trees from my woods. i've also worked on my model trains and i have done lots of camping, hiking and canoeing with my boy scout troop. i can't wait to come back to new york to visit "gma" and you, robin. bye! >> cannot wait. i remember he had his little tie on that morning and i'm telling you -- he has this picture up in his room. that's what jack's mom told us so now, jack, it's in my home studio as well. can't wait to see you again. it is now time for "pop news" and can't wait to see lara spencer and riva. >> reporter: here she is. just off camera. hi, robin. so good to see you too. hi, everybody. good morning. >> where is she? >> we're going to get right to it. they just left me. so i'm on my own to give you "pop news" but there is a lot to talk about so let's get to it. the 72nd annual emmy awards 12 days away. the television academy just

releasing a new promo about their first ever virtual ceremony. here's your first look. >> music, please. ♪ >> sunday, september 20th it's the emmy like you've never seen before. >> things are going to be quite different. >> celebrate tv's biggest night locations across 10 countries. ♪ we gonna celebrate >> all in one unpredictable night. >> unbelievable. >> jimmy kimmel hosts. >> how will we pull it off this year? i don't know. >> jimmy kimmel, you'll be just fine. we know if anybody can handle it, it's you. he is set to host the awards show from the staples center, no audience, but we hear lots of surprise appearances and 140 remote cameras to capture all of the nominees at home. as the new promo says, quote, on tv's biggest night we're not taking any chances. you guys can tune in to all of the action right here on abc 8:00 p.m. september 20th for, again, the 72nd annual emmy

awards. good luck to jimmy. now we're celebrating this morning a wisconsin farmer who is brightening up 2020 one sunflower at a time. scott thompson of thompson's strawberry farm in bristol, wisconsin, he knew that people needed some cheering up this year more than ever, so he decided to replace some of his usual strawberry, raspberry and pumpkin crops with something sunnier in the way of 2 million sunflowers. 22 acres of sunflowers, scott tells abc affiliate wisn, quote, you can't come here and not smile. it's $25 to get in and you get two dozen sunflowers to take home with you and some of the thompson farm sunflower fields haven't even started blooming so those happy flowers should be smiling at you well into the fall. so well needed. finally, guys, have you heard about the generation challenge on social media? it starts with a young person calling their parents in who is in another room then that person

calling in their parent, then their parent. each family member ends up making an appearance from youngest to oldest. four generations seem to be the standard but we've got one family who just blew us away and apparently has really good genes. take a look at this. >> hi, mom. >> hi, mom. >> hi, mom. >> hi, mom. >> hi, mom. >> hi. six generations. >> that's six, you heard it, six generations of one family. natasha rochelle sharing that on tiktok which has more than 14 million views in just a few days. that made us smile. natasha writing, #sixgenerations, god is good. indeed he or she is.

thanks for sharing the video and that is "pop news" on this beautiful morning. back to you, rob. >> all the time, lara, thank you for that. that was special. and now we have our "gma" cover story to share with everybody. it's a warning about the potential dangers of hand sanitizers around flames. one mom says she was badly burned when her generic sanitizer caught fire when lighting a candle and erielle reshef has that story for us. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, robin. as you know, hand sanitizers have become a household staple during this pandemic. many of us using them multiple times a day. experts say they can be flammable and now that texas mom is sharing her story to warn others. it's one of the most popular products of the covid-19 pandemic. hand sanitizer helping keep the virus at bay. but now mom of three kate wise sounding the alarm after

suffering burns to 18% of her body. >> the explosion happened and in a matter of two seconds lit my entire body on fire. >> reporter: kate says she rubbed a generic brand sanitizer on her hands and soon after lit a candle in her austin, texas home. flames quickly spreading. >> i heard my daughters screaming, mom's on fire. mom's on fire. >> reporter: kate spending several days in the icu, now recovering from second and third-degree burns to her face, arms and legs. >> it's a gas and the fumes and vapors that come off the alcohol that can form an explosive mixture. >> reporter: according to the cdc fire incidents related to alcohol-based hand sanitizer are very low but the national fire protection agency considers them a flammable liquid. our affiliate wplg demonstrating how sanitizer can catch fire. watch as the reporter's glove is ignited. >> touch it close to the grill, that would be my bare hand and it's on fire.

>> reporter: doctors say sanitizers are important in the fight against coronavirus but urge using them with caution making sure your hands are completely dry before handling anything that might have an open flame. >> a heater or lighter, something as simple as a cigarette lighter, that could be quite dangerous. >> reporter: and experts say those gases from the alcohol in hand sanitizer can linger on your hand and in the air for several minutes. so you should hold off before handling anything that could ignite. robin? >> such important advice there, erielle. thank you so much. we hope that mom makes a full recovery. now let's get back to lara. lara? thanks so much, robin. we've gotta big "dancing with the stars" surprise for everybody. fan favorite derek hough is coming back to the show, but in a brand-new way. we're going to talk to him live in just a moment. there he is. first, though, a look at how the six-time mirror ball champ will put his expertise to work. >> amber and derek. >> reporter: win after win.

>> jennifer and derek. >> reporter: after win. >> kellie and derek. >> reporter: derek hough with the most mirror ball trophies in "dancing with the stars" history, outdancing the competition six times. >> mark jackson: nine years of ruling the ballroom floor. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: leaving the show in 2016 and now he's back. >> whoo, i'm back. >> reporter: now on the other side of the desk. >> ten! >> reporter: dishing out 10s. >> this is going to be so much fun but you better watch out because i'm the one giving out the scores now. so get ready. >> reporter: will he be the toughest judge yet? let's find out. >> and derek hough joins us now. welcome back. how is it going? >> it's going good. nice to see you. >> good to see you. how excited are you to be back in the ballroom? >> man, i'm so excited to be

back in the ballroom. it's like coming home. being a part of that show for so long, having such amazing memories and experiences and triumphs and failures, i'm excited. can't wait. >> derek, you said get ready and everyone wants to know what kind of judge you'll be. how would you describe your judging style? >> i mean, listen, one thing i can't hold, hide my expressions. i'm very physical, obviously. but i'll be fair. i'll be fair. i'll be honest but i'm excited. this is such an amazing show that is so close to my heart and being back, i'm just so excited about it. but i think i'll be a fair judge and a fun judge. but more importantly i want to try to inspire and motivate these celebrities to have the best possible time they have and to get better each week. yeah, so it's going to be fun. i'm excited. >> i hear fair and i hear honest and i hear tough judge.

>> but i will say, i will say i'll be fair, honest but also for me it's like -- i've just experienced everything that they've experienced. i've been on the show 17 seasons. there's nothing that they'll be going through that i haven't gone through before. i'll be very empathic and compassionate as well. >> that's what i wanted to ask you about. will it be hard to judge the pros you worked with and were friends with for so long? >> no, there's a lot of love and mutual respect there and also too when i'm judging, the focus is on the celebrity. the focus is on their journey, their improvement and for me it's such a special experience to be a part of. and i want each of these celebrities to have that special experience. to be a judge and help them and serve them in some way, you know, is what i'm here to do. >> yeah, let's talk about some of the celebrities. we have a super bowl champ, an olympic athlete, a back street boy and of course we have carole

baskin, controversial to say the least. how do you feel about judging carole? >> you know, for me, it's very -- it's -- the show obviously is sort of a wonderful place to get to another side of someone's story, another side of somebody's character of who they might be so for i'm just as curious as everybody else. i'm going through this with just curiosity and but i'm also an optimist, just naturally an optimist. so i look at the show in past casts and look at people who might have a persona or a reputation or whatever it might be and like to give people the benefit of the doubt, you know, giving them an opportunity to show another side of them. so i'm curious. i'm looking forward to, you know, all these amazing celebrities. i think there will be great dancers this season from what i see. so i'm really looking forward to

that, yeah, it's going to be good. >> and tyra banks too. >> tyra, i love tyra. i love tyra. i've met her a couple times. i've spoken with her and she has an amazing energy, super creative. so i'm really looking to working with her as well. she'll be great. >> we have a lot to look forward to including you, derek hough, thank you so much for being with us today and want to let everybody know "dancing with the stars" is back next monday night at 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central right here on abc. thanks, derek. >> bye, guys. thank you. >> bye. let's go back to ginger who is in california. ginger, good morning again. >> reporter: that same cold front that kicked up the winds from washington state through oregon, northern california over the weekend making the fires so bad brought snow to wyoming, parts of montana and even south dakota and the black hills. six to eight inches of snow. it will bring snow to denver, two to seven inches. that's a winter weather advisory, the earliest and the

most they'venovak djokovic payi. the new financial fallout after the tennis star's outburst on the court and why the line judge who got hit in the throat with that ball is now facing death threats. plus, americans on the move. where more people are relocating because of the pandemic. prince harry and duchess meghan declare their independence. the big bill they just paid and what it means for their royal future. a real life willy wonka. the unique new contest where you can n n n n n n n n n n n n n n a lot more coming up. gabrielle union is going to join us live. >> announcer: tomorrow, demi lovato -- >> have you felt ashamed about your illness? >> announcer: -- opens up like never before. >> i'm sure you're aware of your impact but what does it feel like. >> announcer: what about that big engagement? >> what's your wedding plans? >> announcer: tomorrow on "good morning america."

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♪ i do my hair toss ♪ i do my hair toss welcome back to "gma." happy to have you with us on this tuesday after labor day and, robin, we have a fabulous guest joining us now. >> we certainly do. she is a triple threat, we're talking actress, producer, best-selling author and now, ladies and gentlemen, she's back. she's playing detective syd -- don't mess with syd in "l.a.'s finest." we say good morning to gabrielle union. you bring it as always. wonderful to see you. can we first talk about that beautiful family of yours. you're so active on social media.

yet we know zaya is in school back online. they're back online. who helps? >> zaya trusts neither of us to help her with her homework. i was like, we're pretty pumped. she's like, i'm going to stick with the professionals so she just does not ask -- i think the last thing she asked us about was accelerating the wi-fi but that's about all. >> sounds like my house too, gabrielle. it looks like your little one kaavia is also ready to go back to school. we saw the picture you posted on instagram. >> yeah, she's a lot. she's a lot. you guys saw that tantrum that she threw with her backpack and, yeah, she's always -- looks like she's been here before. yeah, and she was over it then and over it now and she's a handful. >> i don't know. i kind of miss those days. that looks a lot of fun. so does the whole family watch "l.a.'s finest" together?

>> absolutely not. i'm convinced my family hasn't seen anything that i've done. i think d. watched two episodes of "being mary jane." he was like, so, are you having sexy time in every episode? i'm like, yeah, pretty much. and that was the end of that for him. they will probably catch up when we're in like season four or five but, no, i don't think they've seen "bring it on." they're haters basically. i live with a bunch of -- >> if they're watching this morning let's give them a clip. this is a little bit of "l.a.'s finest." >> i'm calling her. >> no, no, no, no, don't do that what we're gonna do, we're going to do our jobs. we're going to investigate and gather intel and build a case then bring izzy in and put her in the box. >> we? >> yes, we. you versus izzy is like lebron versus kawhi. i'm not missing that. so pack all that stuff up and go back to playing the role of

oblivious stepmom. >> i'm not oblivious. >> i love seeing you two in action like that but i want to go back to something, gab, when you were talking about how the family and d-wade, he doesn't see any of your work. but heaven forget if you missed one of his games back in the day. if you missed one of his games, you didn't hear the end of it. >> oh, like, he somehow it didn't matter what was happening in the game, he could always tell what time i arrived if i was late or like if i came back, you know, from the bar at halftime he would have been like in the third quarter, catch a rebound and be like, what's going on, like he didn't play any of those games. i was like, that's interesting that i've seen a million of your games and can give you your stats and you can't tell me what the plot line is. >> i think you need to have a watch party. we saw incredible dialogue there but this is an action-packed show. do you do your own stunts? >> no, no. i tried because inside i'm like,

oh, i could do all of that, and then my lower back is like, ma'am, actually, you can't. and so me and our team of stunt women and me and jess, we all combine to make the bad crime fighters they are. my ego feels like i can do it all and then i try one of those high kicks and then i end up with ice packs and icy hot so, you know, i have to like, you know, take a step back and hand over the toughest job to the toughest women on set which are the stunt women. >> yeah, of course. we see you take a step forward on a beautiful cover. you're on this month's issue of "women's health" magazine looking amazing. how did it feel when you were shooting it? >> i don't think i've ever felt more powerful and honestly, so much of it had to do with it was the first time shooting a cover

with a black female photographer and i've been in the business 25 years so that was an amazing and, you know, kind of a bizarre and unfortunate it took that long to happen but felt so empowering to be shot by a black woman. that was amazing. and it was the first time i've worn my own hair, no wigs or clips or weaves or anything. it was just my own natural curls and i just felt amazing. like you couldn't tell me anything that day. like that was a day where i'm sorry, i'm sorry, what, what. i tuned out all the hateration and newly in my body and felt like my most authentic self. >> you filed that discrimination complaint against nbc and "america's got talent." do you think we're starting to see changes in the industry actually heading in a better direction? >> you know, change is always about perspective. if you're one of those people who have been desperately waiting for change it feels like it's moving at a snail's pace,

right? and if you're one of those people that's been standing in the way of progress and you've been able to get away with poor behavior for a long time, this change feels like a rush to cancel culture when it's really just accountability and consequences, so, yes, change is happening but it's slow. but it's happening, slowly and that's one of the things i have to stay hopeful about, that more than -- more people than not want to be on the right side of history when this whole thing is said and done and are truly embracing creating safer, happier, healthier and more inclusive workplaces. >> you are certainly helping pave the way. gabrielle union, thank you for being with us today. >> thank you for having me. >> we want to tell everyone all 13 episodes of season two of "l.a.'s finest" premiere exclusive to spectrum video subscribers so get the family watching, gabrielle. coming up on "gma," could holiday shopping sales start before halloween this year?

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by taking steps to stay cool while using less. keep safe and keep it golden. back now with great deals you can score this fall during this unusual year. the black friday bargains are coming earlier than ever and details. good morning, becky. >> good morning, george. it is a weird year and we have to go back to economics 101, supply and demand. when there's a lot of supply,

prices go down. on the flip side, when there's a lot of demand prices go up. but here's where this directly affects you, the covid economy created two very different supply and demand curves and understanding them will help you score the best deals this fall. labor day sales have come and gone. the next savings event, though, is the big one. black friday. and let me tell you, it's going to be weird this year. why? because as brick and mortar sales have dwindled or disappeared during lockdown, online sales have boomed. >> everyone is going to be shopping earlier because they don't know what's going to come in the next couple months. there might be another lockdown so people are going to be getting their gifts earlier. >> reporter: an analysis of u.s. commerce department data shows online spending in the u.s. was up 30% from the first half of 2020 with stores like amazon, target and walmart reporting

record sales. in these categories, demand is up and generally so are prices but then there's another supply and demand curve. in-store brick and mortar retailers. >> there were shutdowns and they had a lot of merchandise so instead of just moving that merchandise out, they're putting that out on deep discounts so people can actually purchase them. >> reporter: so as the big shopping period of the year approaches there are creative ideas floating around and ways for shoppers to jump into the savings. small businesses moving to online sales. find your favorite boutiques on social media and shop their sales on smaller digital platforms. malls holding outdoor tent sales to provide ventilated socially distanced savings events and probably the most important, because of the pandemic, there will be fewer in-person black friday events meaning even more of these sales online, and expect them to start before halloween. another element of this retail mayhem, amazon postponed prime

day. usually it's in the summer but amazon telling us it will happen this fall sometime after october 1st is what they say. also another covid change, big retailers announcing they will not be open on thanksgiving day. walmart, target and best buy to name a few keeping stores closed on the actual holiday. george, this is going to be a very different black friday. >> boy, in so many ways, okay, becky, thanks very much. let's go back to ginger in california. >> reporter: while some people had blowing snow over the weekend, you had blowing smoke and dust shutting down parts of interstate 90 in washington state. so many accidents they had to shut it down for a time. that same cold front is bringing the snow down into colorado today. you can clearly see it on the map. it will also take denver who had their latest 100-plus degree temperature ever in recorded history on saturday and bring them >> reporter: and now concerns about the extreme fire danger spreading to other states. in colorado a wildfire

north of denver is now the largest this state history burning nearly 100,000 ncres. well, we are now getting ready to return to a galaxy far, far away for season two of "the mandalorian" on disney plus so you know what that means, baby yoda is back. and will reeve joins us with all of those details. hey, will. >> reporter: hey, amy. it feels like a long, long time ago in a life far, far away that "star wars" fans were surprised by baby yoda bursting on to the scene but now "the mandalorian" is set to return. what new surprises might be in store? >> nobody is going to find us here. >> reporter: our hero under the helmet and everyone's favorite wide-eyed green baby are back. >> you are a mandalorian. >> reporter: this morning exclusive images from an upcoming issue of "entertainment weekly" giving "star wars" fans a first look at the highly anticipated second season of

"mandalorian." >> what a precious little creature. >> reporter: available only on disney plus. >> i think they can expect even more fantasy and science fiction taken to a whole higher level, a bigger universe in which to sort of have adventures in. >> reporter: one of the covers finding the cherub-like baby yoda tucked safely in a shoulder bag. show runner jon favreau telling "ew" the episodes will introduce a larger story to the "star wars" universe, and executive producer dave feloni says everything gets bigger, the stakes get higher. the filmmakers say just like they kept baby yoda a secret until the season one premiere, they hope to replicate those surprise moments many times over in the new episodes. but specific details remain heavily guarded. according to the article, gina

carano, who plays the mercinary cara dune, says the heightened secrecy includes actors getting scripts only for their own episodes and being ushered to set in black cloaks and hoods like incognito sith lords. >> everybody is pretty much kept in the dark until the last possible moment which adds to the surprise and delight. >> reporter: and front man and "game of thrones" pedro pascal who plays mando says his character's loyalty to protecting the child will be challenge saying we don't know how far he will go. >> take care of this little one. >> reporter: filming on the new season wrapped just four days before the covid shutdown in march. creator jon favreau said the biggest challenge in postproduction was scoring the show with musicians unable to record in the same place, "the mandalorian" returns october 30th on disney plus. >> ooh. it's also mysterious. thank you very much for that. coming up next on "gma," country star sara evans is joining us live. ♪

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♪ m-m-m my sharona ♪ m-m-m my sharona back here on "gma," that is country singer sara evans covering the knack's hit "my sharona" from her new album "copy that." over her two decade career she has had five number one single, sold 7 million albums worldwide and now she has a beautiful new memoir. it is called, of course, "born to fly" and she is joining us live to talk about it this morning. good morning, sara. >> good morning. >> it is so wonderful to see you. >> thank you. >> oh, i love the book. i'm almost through with it and it's part advice, it's learning about you growing up on the farm. i didn't realize how young you

were when you took to the stage like 4 years old with your family and you said you acted like a little adult, like you were directing the band and picking songs. tell us about those early years, sara. >> well, i grew up the third oldest of seven kids on a farm in missouri and my mother recognized that my two older brothers and i had, you know, the gift of music from a very early ages so she put my brothers on guitar lessons and me on the mandolin and put musicians around us and my mom is entrepreneur at heart so she had the wherewithal and gumption and energy to get us out there in front of people so by the time i was 4 or 5 years old i was leading bands, learning songs, you know, singing songs like "house of the rising sun" which is, like, about prostitution. i didn't even know what i was singing about but it was a dolly parton hit so i sang it. so i grew up in bars singing to people two-stepping and that's

all i have ever known really. >> and it was really cute how you felt you were born to be on stage. nothing cocky or anything like that you love to entertain and maybe it's in part because you are part of a large family but you also and not many people know about that near fatal accident had you as a child and how you have had to deal with anxiety and ptsd because of that but you also write so beautifully about your faith. your faith helped you get through that time, sara. >> oh, absolutely. so i was 8 years old. i got hit by a car that was going 75 miles an hour. i broke both my legs, both my arms, i was in the hospital bed without getting up at all for six weeks. i had multiple surgeries on my legs, had a severe concussion but during that time i had so

many people come visit me and, you know, just tell me over and over and over you're so lucky, you know, god really has a plan for your life and it just sort of solidified this relationship between me and god and, you know, my faith has grown from that ever since. it's not to say that i didn't -- like i talk about in the book struggle with anxiety and ptsd which, you know, that was in the '80s so we didn't really know or know to do much about it. but i just remember like having all these irrational fears and looking back i know that it was from, you know, the near-death experience at such an early age. >> and i'm telling you, you're going to help a lot of people the way you write about it, the way you talk about it and many people know that they're not alone when something like that happens to them and also your music, your music, you know, many people turn to it to help them. how has your music helped you? >> well, oh, gosh, music is just therapeutic and healing in and of itself so to be able to have,

you know, made my career and still going strong, you know, doing my career every day with being able to sing and have that outlet is such a blessing, and i just was able to release my first covers album. you played "my sharona" a second ago but like i said, i grew up singing in cover bands and never made a covers record and always wanted to so this year was the year to do it, but oh, my gosh, being on stage is my favorite place to be and having a microphone in my hand is where i'm the most comfortable or being in studio writing, producing, it's my life but it has absolutely, you know, been so healing and now my children are also musicians so that's so fun. >> keeping it all in the family and "copy that," "copy that." that's the new why do i love being a doctor at kaiser permanente?

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good morning, everyone. pg&e says dangerous fire conditions are prompting a public safety power shut off. utility issued this over concerns that powerlines could fall and start fires. outages started around 3:00 this morning in sonoma, napa and lake counties. now, a look at the forecast. >> they could be knocked over by the dangerous wind, toppling trees. it's possible, especially in the north bay. i think some of the fastest winds could get up around 50, 60, 70 mile per our gusts this evening and you can see the red flag warning includes the east bay and peninsula. that's through tomorrow morning. not as hot today, but still 100s inland but after today, they're gone.

>> looking forward to that. thank >> announcer: after 180 days of isolation and separation, they are back in studio. it's "live with kelly and ryan." it's a brand-new season, starting with john leguizamo. plus, we kick off "@home improvement week." we will meet some texans keeping their communities well fed. so will his back. it's time to give it a spin and play our all-new live at home trivia. finally back in their tv home, here are kelly ripa and ryan seacrest. >> kelly: finally. hi. >> ryan: so good to see you. >> kelly: thank you all