good morning, america. new school guidelines from the cdc that says kids and vaccinated teachers don't need to wear masks. what some states are saying this morning, plus former cdc director dr. tomorrow frieden weighing in over that confusion over booster shots. deluge and drought. elsa drenching the northeast, turning roads into rivers and causing flash flooding. >> look at how much water is in this shop. oh, no. >> as a dangerous heat wave hits the west coast, 32 million americans under heat and red flag warnings, our weather team with the triple-digit forecast. new video of a car

authorities say was involved in a fatal shooting killing a father driving with his son after a baseball game. >> he was murdered, executed for doing something most of us do every day. >> will these new images lead to an arrest? haiti in turmoil. untry'pridt. ground learning thamericans arrested and the confusion over who is in charge. >> is there a power struggle going on right now? >> what the country's acting prime minister is saying this morning. historic home run. the angels' shohei ohtani blasting a ball to the top deck of t-mobile park. the incredible feat putting him in rare company. and testing boundaries. the billionaire space race heating up ahead of virgin galactic's big launch, the rivalry over a matter of miles and the latest on the final preps for an out-of-this-world

journey. hey, good morning, everybody. happy saturday. we begin here with the cdc out with a major announcement that could affect what schools look officials are now recommending that vaccinated teachers and students go maskless. >> but these are just guidelines, and the cdc is leaving it up to local officials and school districts to come up with their own policy. >> and the announcement coming as daily cases rise 16% nationwide with half of states now seeing increases. abc's trevor ault is at a school in new york city with the trevor, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. so this new cdc guidance says in-person learning this fall is a priority and ultimately it will be up to more local leaders to decide whether your kids are wearing masks in school, but still this could significantly impact the policies we see come out this summer. this morning, the cdc's major move for students returning to school. new federal guidelines saying

vaccinated students and teachers don't need to wear a mask unless the school district says otherwise, though the cdc's guidance is just a recommendation. >> i think that if they are fully vaccinated that they shouldn't have to wear a mask, and so that's my hope is that they don't have to wear masks when they go back to school. >> reporter: the cdc says unvaccinated students, which is all of them under 12 years old, should keep wearing face coverings, and they're encouraging at least three feet of distance between students in the classroom. >> make it clear that in-school learning is really important, that vaccines have been the real game changers and if you don't have a vaccine, you should have a mask. >> reporter: the national education association saying in a statement in part, schools should be requiring masks in all settings where there are unvaccinated individuals present. cdc data shows only 22.5% of 12 to 15-year-olds and 35% of 16 and 17-year-olds are fully vaccinated. >> it will really be up to the schools and the districts and

the states to determine if they're able to put different rules in place in the classroom for those who are fully vaccinated compared to those who are not yet vaccinated. >> reporter: and this morning, the delta variant is fueling a rising daily caseload. now back to nearly 15,000 a day. los angeles county recording a 165% jump from just last week. now a big effort under way to get more people vaccinated there. but not every official is on board with the vaccine push. south carolina's governor blasting what he calls the biden administration's door-to-door campaign. he's banned health officials from his state from doing it saying, government workers showing up unannounced will further deteriorate the public's trust. the white house criticizing the move. >> the failure to provide accurate public health information including the efficacy of vaccines and the accessibility of them to people across the country including south carolina is literally killing people. >> reporter: and in tennessee, after conservative state

lawmakers criticize health officials for encouraging teenagers to get the vaccine, the department of health has reportedly halted all vaccination events and online outreach specifically focused on teenagers. whit. >> all right, trevor ault, thanks. joining us now is former cdc director dr. tom frieden. good morning to you. it's good to have you. so let's jump right in and first let's discus the cdc's new recommendations on schools. among them, that unvaccinated kids and staff should still wear a mask including kids 12 years and younger who are not yet eligible for a vaccine. is this the right approach, and is there enough clarity for parents and schools here? >> whit, the guidelines are a really important step because they emphasize that in-person learning is extremely important and it can be done even despite the increasing delta variant. but it has to be done with layers of protection. that's how we keep schools open. that's how we can keep our kids learning this fall, even if as is likely we see some pretty

substantial increases with the delta variant, particularly in cmmunities that don't have a lot of vaccination going on, and that's the bottom line. keep schools open and do it in ways that are going to be safe for staff, safe for students and important for the community because keeping the schools open isn't just about our kids. it's about everyone being able to get back to a more normal sense of life, and vaccination is our main route to that for the schools where you have kids under 12 who can't be vaccinated, of course, they should be wearing masks, particularly in areas that are having a lot of transmission because otherwise you can have a lot of spread, you can have spread to staff, to students, you can have some severe illness, some long-lasting effects so the inflammatory syndrome, so masks are an important way of moving forward particularly in areas where there's lots of transmission. >> i do want to ask an important point, though. the cdc is urging schools to re-open even if they can't

implement all these recommendations. none of this is mandatory, so what is your message to parents and teachers who still might be concerned about this? >> i think it's a really important point because what we have to do is have layers of protection, but with a lot of transmission you can still keep schools open. what you need to do is mask, open the windows, provide some distance, do the best you can and if there are kids who have underlying health conditions or staff who have an individualized assessment who have underlying health conditions, then maybe they need to be protected more. you also need to prepare for the possibility that there will be cases in the schools, but we don't shut schools for other infectious diseases, and we can keep them open despite high levels of covid in most communities if you use that multilayer protection system because keeping schools open is so very important, and masks are an important part of that. >> now, you touched on this a moment ago, daily case rates up 16% nationwide.

some states obviously getting it worse than others, and some health experts are blaming the spread of the delta variant and the drop-off in vaccination rates. how worried are you about this trend? >> i think it is going to cause problems. we will see increases in case rates in the u.s., fairly substantial increases especially in places that don't have high vaccination rates and tragically we'll see increased hospitalization and increased deaths following those increased case rates weeks later, and i predict that we will still see this occurring almost entirely in people who have not fully vaccinated. getting fully vaccinated protects you against the delta variant, protects you against death and severe illness and the long-lasting effects of covid that are affecting so many people around the country and around the world. so vaccination is our way to freedom from this pandemic, but while the pandemic is going on, it's still possible to keep our

kids in school in person learning, and it's enormously important to do so. masking is a key part of that and the fact is that the masking is going to be easier to do if it's universal in most settings. but the cdc guidelines really leave that up to individual schools and school districts. >> all right, dr. frieden, thank you so much for your time this morning. we appreciate it. eva, over to you. well, now, to new england finally drying out this morning. elsa leaving her mark all over the northeast, rob is in rhode island for us this morning. good morning to you, rob. >> reporter: hey, good morning, eva. it's been a while, since 2008 the last time rhode island got a tropical storm, but elsa rode its way from the gulf coast all the way into canada and it definitely left a mark. this morning, the northeast dealing with the aftermath of tropical storm elsa. >> should have brought out the boats. >> reporter: this after the storm dumped more than three inches of rain in some hammering the coast with flash flooding. in connecticut, rainwater filling the streets of downtown new haven as well as coastal

towns like derry ann, and on new york's long island -- >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: -- the garage of this auto shop flooded. the water damaging vehicles inside. >> look at how much water is in the shop. oh, no. >> reporter: on the north shore, in glen cove roads there inundated. drivers getting stuck in deep water. many needing to be pulled out. >> there was a neighbor that's been here for years and years said, i been here 25 years, never seen anything like this. >> reporter: with the rain comes winds reaching up to 50 miles per hour with gusts over 70 in some regions. ferries in massachusetts canceled due to dangerous winds. crews working to restore power. yeah, with the wind, especially with the leaves on the trees this time of year, they're more apt to come down, they take the wires down, they ought to just become bigger. >> reporter: the saving grace is that it was moving so quickly, over 30 miles an hour once it

got to the northeast. take a look at the satellite and radar composite here. this thing came right over the top of narragansett, rhode island, where i stand right now, and into the provinces of canada. now it's long gone. the other big weather story we've been following that we'll follow probably for the rest of the summer is another heat wave in the west. heat dome building. it's going to be a couple of days with near record-breaking heat, and we've already seen a number of records fall, 32 million people under weather alerts right now with heat and fire, ten states in excessive heat warnings. look at sacramento today, 111, 130, death valley. salt lake city not peaking till monday, and las vegas will be testing all-time record highs. this is another dangerous heat wave in the west, dan. >> thank you, bud. we'll come back to you later. i want to pick up on the the last story you mentioned, the dangerous heat in the west leading to a drought emergency in nearly all counties in california. abc's will carr is on the story from palm springs, will, good morning to you. dan.eporter: and good morning, - if you live in the southwest you're probably going to be

pretty hot. here in palm springs the sun we're around 90 degrees. it's supposed to get to 120 today. there is extreme dangerous heat all across the west this weekend. keep in mind that june was the hottest june on record ever for the united states. this weekend we're expecting triple digit temps across california prompting statewide flex alerts. authorities are asking residents to voluntarily conserve power. governor gavin newsom has declared a state of emergency and 50 out of 58 counties asking californians to cut water use by 15%. this time last year, just over 20% of california was in severe drought. this year that number has spiked to 95%. wells running dry in counties with little to no running water and across the western united states lakes are measuring at record lows. lake pyre rue normally considered one of the best preserved lakes right now is only at 20% capacity.

the drought also fueling fires. the beckworth complex fire forced evacuations friday. that exploded again overnight. it's now over 38,000 acres. and last year was a historic wildfire season here in california and we still have a long way to go this year, whit. >> exactly. it's only july, important to remember. will carr for us, thank you. we move to the urgent manhunt for the driver accused of shooting and killing a youth baseball coach on a minnesota highway in front of his son. this morning, we're hearing from family members as police ask the public for help. abc's faith abubey has more. faith, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning to you, whit. right now, police say they don't even know whether this killer is a man or a woman, which is really adding to the mystery surrounding this case. this morning, police releasing new traffic video of a car authorities say was involved in the shooting death of a beloved youth baseball coach. the video showing the alleged suspect's vehicle in moments before and after the fatal shooting of 56-year-old jay boughton. >> jay was an amazing husband, a

phenomenal father, terrific brother, a great son. >> reporter: the minnesota native was shot in the head while driving on the highway. his teenage son sitting next to him. they had just left a tuesday night baseball game when police say the light-colored vehicle seen in this photo pulled next to them. someone in that vehicle apparently firing the fatal shot. boughton's car careening off the road, slamming into parked cars at a nearby apartment complex. >> he was murdered, executed for doing something most of us do every day, taking your child to an athletic event, sporting event. >> this was one of the most tragic events that i have witnessed in my 20 years in policing. >> reporter: boughton's brother-in-law also fighting back tears asking for prayers as the family grieves. >> this is the world we live in, people. is this the world we want to pass to our children?

is it? is it? >> reporter: while police say they hope anyone who knows anything or might have captured this incident on video will step up and do the right thing, there is a $1,000 reward on the table. eva. >> faith abubey there for us, thank you. now to the investigation into the assassination of haiti's president. as more arrests are made, we are learning new details about the attack and the two americans detained. the u.s. sending in the fbi to help with this investigation. abc's marcus moore is on the ground in haiti where he spoke with the acting prime minister. marcus, good morning to you. >> reporter: eva, good morning. the acting prime minister here, claude joseph, said that the president was tortured during wednesday's attack, and we also know that he was shot 12 times, and this morning joseph is vowing to find the people responsible. this morning, haiti on the brink of chaos after the assassination of president jovenel moise.

the interim haitian government requesting american troops to help protect critical infrastructure. the fbi and department of homeland security sending personnel to help investigate the assassination. >> the united states remains engaged and in close consultations with our haitian and international partners to support the haitian people. >> reporter: about a thousand haitians gathered outside the u.s. embassy after unsubstantiated rumors the u.s. would be handing out humanitarian visas. three days after the attack, at least 20 have been arrested including two americans with ties to haiti. their alleged roles in the attack are unclear, but both men said they were only working as translators. we asked the acting prime minister, claude joseph, about their alleged involvement. they have said that they were merely translators in the midst of this operation and that they were set up. is that true? >> only the investigation can tell. >> reporter: it is an investigation that so far has netted the arrest of more than a dozen to

ithat country says the group traveled to haiti in two teams crossing from the dominican republic. is there a power struggle going on right now? who is in charge here in haiti? >> i'm not paying attention to whether or not there is a power struggle. i'm paying attention to giving justice to president jovenel moise. >> reporter: and this morning, there is another political battle brewing. really no clear indication of who will lead this country next but a third name has emerged as the next prime minister after a political group came to an agreement to not only pick a new president but also a prime minister, and, dan, it gives you a real sense of the complex situation that is unfolding here in haiti. >> it's a horrifying story, and the stakes are so high for the people there. marcus, thank you very much for your reporting. we're going to turn now to the battle against cyberattacks. president biden with a warning for his russian counterpart, vladimir putin.

abc's white house correspondent maryalice right there on the north lawn this morning. maryalice, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning, the white house says that this call between president biden and vladimir putin yesterday lasted for nearly an hour a t president biden basically told putin that he was running out of time, and he needs to help the u.s. crack down on these ransomware attacks now or the u.s. is going to take action. after the call, president biden stepped in front of the cameras and said that he told the kremlin whether or not it was sponsoring these cybercriminals, he expected putin to do something if they are operating on russian soil. but, of course, this is a message that president biden says he's delivered to putin before, including three weeks ago when the two leaders met face-to-face there in geneva, and still these ransomware attacks have just kept coming. last week we saw one attack that impacted the rnc and another massive attack that paralyzed hundreds of businesses. back in may obviously that hack of the colonial pipeline company that led to gas shortages.

the white house is saying that this is now really a national security issue. when such huge parts of the u.s. economy can be disrupted. the kremlin said yesterday that it would help and has not been given information from the u.s. but a senior u.s. official told us that that just wasn't true. that they have been giving the kremlin details. so far we've seen the u.s. respond with sanctions, but yesterday the president said that we can expect more. the administration at this point is making it seem like a response is coming. it could come pretty soon, in the next few days and weeks. whit. >> stand by for more news on that. maryalice parks at the white house, thank you. we want to get back to the weather and rob marciano out in rhode island covering remnants of elsa and the cleanup and the national weather picture. rob, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning again, whit. not only do we have elsa but a pretty messy weather picture around the rest of the country yesterday. four dozen reports of big-time hail across parts of the midwest and over 200 reports of damaging winds. this is some of the hail out of

alliance, nebraska. look at that, that's nearly softball size. that will do more than just dainhield. it will take you out, and that's what these storms brought to this area. so today, we slide the map a little bit farther to the south and east, norman to fayetteville, damaging winds, tornadoes possible but really the threat zone from wichita fall, little rock, paducah, st. louis, you're all in this slicing through the heartland and prime time for this will be late in the day in through the early evening. that's a check on what's good saturday morning mother nature's natural ac around the coast. we still have the heat advisory for the south bay, our interior north bay excessive heat in the inland valleys. gusty on shore winds coping temperatures in th 717 san francisco. 80 in oakland.

94 in shopping. 106 if livermore and truth be told, guys, i was stepping out on elsa on vacation here with my family this week, but elsa came to find me, so here we are, and i was happy to do it. >> you couldn't get away. >> a working vacation. >> a paid vacation out of that. >> thanks. >> i suppose so, yes. thank you, whit. >> hopefully you can get some extra days on the other side of this. >> yeah, exactly. >> thanks, rob. well to sports now and a mammoth home run. the angels shohei ohtani at bat against the mariners and check this out. oh, yeah, off the upper deck of t-mobile park. he's only the sixth player to do that, and the projected distance, just in case you wee wondering, 463 feet, yep. unfortunately, for the angels the mariners came back to beat . ohtani leads the majors

with3 pitch >> did he dance in the end zone after that? >> that's not -- >> it's home plate, yes. coming up on the show, the race to space heats up. the final preparations under way as richard branson and crew prep for the launch. also ahead, caught on camera, a wayward cub found wandering in the california neighborhood, the bear's police escort back home. "good morning america" sponsored by geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. oh, i've traveled all over the country. talking about saving with geico. but that's the important bit, innit? showing up, saying “hello! fancy a nice chat?” then we talk like two old friends about sticky buns and all the savings you could get by bundling your home and car insurance. but here's the real secret. eye contact. you feel that? we just had a moment. [chuckles] who would've thought it?

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♪ lef uno, dos, tres avanza ♪ ♪ left, right, left ♪ ♪ avanza ♪ ♪ one, two, step ♪ ♪ avanza ♪ ♪ what you want to do is just dance, dance, dance ♪ that kind of does make you want to dance this morning, doesn't it? welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. a little taste of jennifer lopez's brand-new music video. she's singing about not being afraid to change. we'll have more on that ahead in "pop news" in our next hour. >> people are encouraging me to change all the time. >> and they've failed year after year. >> change is good sometimes. let's take a look at some of the other big stories we're following this morning. happening right now, here is a live look at charlottesville, virginia.re removing

a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. four years ago that statue and one of another confederate general were the focus of a white supremacist rally that turned violent leaving one woman dead and dozens injured. that park was actually the ground of a lot of the conflict we saw in those days. the city announced plans to remove the statues yesterday. >> eva, we know you covered that story when it happened. also this morning, a 17-year-old shot in the head on the way home from a houston astros game on tuesday night has died. police are investigating it as a case of road rage, they say something transpired between the father and the driver of a white sedan who then followed the family almost five miles before opening fire. >> and shifting gears here on the last story, definitely not a routine night for sheriff's deputies in thousand oaks, california, who spent almost an hour, there you see it, trailing that wandering bear. the animal finally heading back into the wild. we start this half hour with the countdown to the so-called billionaire space race.

richard branson and his virgin galactic spaceship crew gearing up for a groundbreaking journey tomorrow and transportation correspondent gio benitez has this story for us this morning ahead of that launch. good morning to you, gio. >> reporter: hey, eva, good morning to you. listen, there's no doubt about it. branson is looking on to put on quite a show. take a look at this, because our abc cameras were there as they set up a concert stage. it turns out, pop star khalid is going to be there debuting his new single tomorrow at the launch. now we are just 24 hours away. this morning, the rivalry between billionaires turned future astronauts richard branson and jeff bezos heating up. with branson set to launch to the edge of space tomorrow on virgin galactic's spaceship unity, jeff bezos' blue origin company is already firing shots posting this graphic comparing the two companies. branson had told "gma" this wasn't a space race.

>> i know that it's been painted as a race. honestly i don't think either of us see it that way. we're not really in direct competition. >> reporter: but blue origin may disagree saying its new shepard flies farther than virgin's spaceship, 62 miles above the surface past the carmen line which many believe is the true edge of space. virgin will reach about 55 miles, but the man overseeing virgin's launch sunday tells abc news that's just a play on words. >> the united states recognizes 50 miles as the definition of space. nasa recognizes that as the definition, so does the faa. from a practical experience the view out the window is exactly the same. >> reporter: virgin galactic's president of space missions and safety, mike moses has a vested interest in the flight. >> astronaut 002, beth moses, i'll be spaceship kevin lead and i'll be test director. >> reporter: his wife beth moses is one of the crew members flying with branson.

>> every single test flight we've done the last 22 have had people on board, and no one person is any real different than the other when it comes to safety. >> reporter: the flight is expected to last about 90 minutes, the spaceship unity attached to the mothership eve as it takes off like a plane. at 45,000 feet, unity drops, that rocket ignites and takes edge.on and five others to the - >> fire, fire. >> reporter: they will experience weightlessness for a few minutes before returning to the surface, but safety questions will take center stage. it's not clear when the flight was planned, but it was announced just a week ago after bezos announced he would launch on july 20th. and we should tell you, though, that virgin galactic already has faa approval to fly customers to space. blue origin does not. at least not yet and, remember, that launch is just ten days away. so, eva, the clock is ticking. >> and i saw an email from you, gio. you were telling us some celebrities have already bought

seats on virgin galactic. do we know how many people are actually planning on flying? >> reporter: so right now, believe it or not, about 700 people have bought seats on virgin galactic. each one costs about 250 each. that's why some people are saying, you know what, these are just joyrides for the rich to space but the companies will say, no, this is just the beginning of opening space up to the general public. so a lot of people are going to be watching that. whit. >> a lot of people and the general public wish they had $250,000 to take a little trip. >> maybe or not. i like how they said, no, it's not really a race, but then they're like, oh, i'm going first, oh, yeah, ours goes farther, it doesn't matter but seriously we're not in a race. gio, thank you so much. we'll be standing by. it'll be fun to watch tomorrow. let's get a check of the forecast. rob marciano out there in rhode island trying to extend his little work vacation into something for himself, but we're going to make him work in the process. just a little bit, rob. >> yeah, and i'll see you back

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you know, this was always a temporary fix. the good news is there is help. the only question is, when will it arrive? you know, there is a patchwork of some 450 programs that are oerating at the state and local level. it's been difficult to navigate and their rollout has been slow. >> something needs to be done about this rent problem that we're facing. >> reporter: this morning, time is running out for americans strapped with the burden of unpaid rent. >> i've never imagined something like this happening. it's just kind of like you are just living day by day not knowing what's going to happen. >> reporter: as the moratorium on evictions comes to an end on july 31st, millions could be faced with the loss of their homes. autumn morrow is one of them. >> yes, it's been really hard. every day i don't know how i'll pay my rent. i've had multiple eviction notices. every morning i wake up and i'm just not sure what i'm going to do. >> reporter: the emergency rental assistance program was designed to make funding available to assist households that are unable to pay rent or utilities.

but as renters race to apply for assistance, many describe the process in several states as complicated and the money hard to get. >> there are program administrators that are just overburdening themselves and applicants with bureaucracy having very complicated applications and requiring burdensome documentation, which is slowing down the process for everyone. >> reporter: according to the u.s. census household survey in june, 7 million renters are behind on payments. one reason why, according to treasury department data, only a fraction of the more than $46 billion congress earmarked for aid has reached those most in need. >> someone applies and they perhaps get evicted before the money arrives, and it has happened, and it will happen, but we're determined to do everything we can to prevent it from happening. >> reporter: in texas, officials shg ahead aid tha scenario processing thousands of applications a day and urging landlords to also participate in the program.

>> we have this eviction diversion program. it's a partnership with the texas supreme court and court administration where they stay eviction for 60 days and in the meantime, the landlord and the tenant apply for relief. >> reporter: while some states are ramp theirroame trying to h up for federal assistance. >> if we have the tenant here, if we have the necessary support documentation, we can approve them pretty much on the spot. >> reporter: others like california are extending a ban on evictions. while residents in oregon face a more urgent predicament. >> they can give us a 72-hour notice and we will be gone. >> reporter: for many the reality of losing homes despite government action may become a reality. >> i've noticed that it's just a few weeks away and i'm terrified. >> reporter: new orleans isn't the only city trying to meet folks where they're at to both educate them and enroll them in these programs. while there's 7 million renters

that face eviction, the true scale is much greater when you consider their families. dan. >> the ripple effects are really profound. so much insecurity for so many families here. zachary, thank you for reporting on this for us. coming up on "gma," helping you with the hassle, the points guy navigates those airline policies on refunds and vouchers. ♪ "gma," helping you with the hassle, the points guy navigates those airline policies on refunds and vouchers. ♪ irresistibly delicious. ♪ ♪ pour some almond breeze. ♪ ♪ for the maestros of the creamiest-ever, ♪ ♪ must-have smoothies. ♪

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points guy has good advice for us. brian, good morning. so if you're looking to get a refund for your airline tickets, what is the best approach? >> well, if the airline cancels your flight, you are owed a cash refund. that's a department of transportation rule. if you want to cancel a flight, though, you're likely going to have to take a voucher, but just note for flights purchased after may 1stm most airlines now are charging a change fee on basic economy. so as with all things, airlines, the devil is in the details. >> right. a lot of us have vouchers from canceled flights that we booked ahead of the pandemic. what is the best way to use those vouchers now? >> well, the first thing is for everyone watching, i want you to go in and take a look at the expiration date on those vouchers. a lot of them are now coming up on a year. most airlines will let you use it at least through march of 2022, though, but, yeah, book a flight, make sure those vouchers don't expire. every airline has different policies. southwest is really flexible. they'll just give it to you in a

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caused by lightning strikes but has merged into one. it's burned more than 38,000 acres and more than 9% contained. homes have been contained. the fire is burning about 60 miles north of truckee. the fire is threatening powerlines. the governor signed an emergency proclamation to free up additional energy capacity. the bootleg fire has burned with zero containment. we're tracking a heat wave, lisa. the heat advisory for the valleys of the north bay and shout bay. you're looking at a deck of clouds. mother nature allowing for cooling. 53 downtown. temperatures approaching 80, so not excessive but we'll get that way as we head inland.

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good morning, america. it's our second hour. back to class. it's our second hour. back to class. the cdc issue as new set of school guidelines advising who can go without mask. what the nation's key teachers unions are saying and what parents need to know. plus the delta covid variant has cases on the rise. >> temperatures soar in that punishing west coast heat wave. 32 million americans waking up under heat and red flag warnings. plus, elsa the aftermath. drying out after torrential winds and rains. rob is tracking it all. >> naomi osaka breaks her silence. the 23-year-old speaking out for the first time since dropping out of the fre