good morning, america. breaking overnight, simone biles withdraws from two more events declining to compete in the finals for the vault and uneven bars. what we're learning this morning and the decisions ahead for her next events. summer surge. covid cases climbing. hospitals filling up. the president predicting more restrictions. >> in all probability. >> this as we get concerning new reports about the delta variant and how easily it is spread. some companies are now changing their back to the office plans. dangerous weather. flash flood watches in effect for 9 million americans across 8 western states as a massive mudslide traps more than 100 people on a major interstate, plus, heat alerts.

where temperatures are set to hit triple digits. out of time. the moratorium on evictions expiring with no relief in sight. what it means for millions of americans this morning and the reaction on capitol hill. health update. "better call saul" star bob odenkirk opening up about his health emergency on the set. what he's revealing to fans. and golden finish. team usa smashing records in the pool. caeleb dressel's new world record. and katie ledecky winning her tenth medal, plus, team usa's latest victory on the women's soccer field. good morning, america. it's saturday morning. it's good to see dan back. >> uh-huh. >> nice to be back. >> and we have a lot to talk about. there are new concerns about the threat about the delta variant as the cdc releases a report about how delta affects both unvaccinated and vaccinated people.

u.s. daily cases are up more than 64% since last week, and that's nearly 481% since mid-june. >> as we come on this air this morning, 47 states and territories fall under the cdc's designation of areas with high or community transmission where the agency suggests masks be worn indoors by both the vaccinated and unvaccinated. >> we will have much more on all of that but we begin with the breaking news out of the olympics. a much more uplifting story here this morning. team usa scoring big victories in the pool overnight. katie ledecky scoring her third straight gold medal and caeleb dressel also getting the gold in a world record win. but this all comes as simone biles makes another major announcement bowing out of more gymnastics events. abc's kenneth moton is in tokyo with the very latest. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. the world waits to see if simone biles will compete again here in tokyo. meanwhile, team usa has been racking up the medals, but from covid to more athletes in

quarantine sounding the alarm about their conditions in isolation, what's happening outside the games is grabbing a lot of attention. new overnight, simone biles pulling herself out of one of her strongest and most anticipated event finals, the vault along with the uneven bars. no word if biles will compete on the floor exercise and balance beam. usa gymnastics saying she's still being evaluated and praised her for handling the situation with courage and grace and biles revealing on instagram earlier this week revealing that her air awareness is off experiencing the twisties writing for anyone saying i quit i didn't quit. my mind and body are simply not in sync, posting this video showing her land hard on her back. mykayla skinner who thought her competition time in tokyo was over is now replacing biles in the vault finals. the drama coming as team usa smashes records in the pool. caeleb dressel taking home the gold setting a world record in the men's 100-meter butterfly. and katie ledecky winning her

tenth medal, a gold in the 800-meter freestyle for a three-peat. >> megan rapinoe into the cop top corner and the usa wins 4-2 on penalties. >> reporter: and megan rapinoe the u.s. women's soccer team defeating the netherlands and advancing to the semifinal. all this as covid cases rise in tokyo with more than 4,000 new positive daily cases. a 217% increase in just a week. u.s. pole vaulter and olympic medalist sam kendricks testing positive earlier this week now out of competition. >> quarantine for athletes has been described as olympic jail. do you feel that way? >> well, the isolation is the word that they use, and it is certainly such. not access to sunshine or fresh air, no chances to walk or go about. it almost seems like a trial rather than treatment. >> reporter: kendricks who says he's not experiencing symptoms hasn't publicly shared his vaccination status. in quarantine the reigning world

champ concerned about his health and the rest of his season. >> well, i want to make something abundantly clear, my happiness is secondary to team usa, and i have been put in exile. there is no better word for it. i know and i want this to serve as kind of a marker for future athletes that are in this predicament that they might know what lies ahead of them. >> reporter: the german national olympic committee did send a scathing letter slamming the ioc saying these high-performing athletes in quarantine are in prisonlike conditions lacking basic necessities. an ioc spokesman responded saying they sympathize but certain regulations are imposed by the japanese authorities and there's not much the ioc can do. another olympic bombshell. the number one men's tennis player novak djokovic is out with a shoulder injury. he withdrew from mixed doubles after back-to-back losses here in tokyo ending his 22-match winning streak. dan. >> tough news for novak djokovic. thank you very much for your reporting this morning, kenneth.

we'll come back to you later in the show. we're going to turn now though to our other top story this morning, the delta variant surging across this country as we learn more about how it is spread, and based on new cdc guidance, there is a change this morning for the huge lollapalooza music festival where those attending will now be required to wear masks in any indoor spaces starting today. abc's trevor ault is in provincetown, massachusetts, where an outbreak led to new discoveries about the delta variant. trevor, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. we know millions of americans did not want another turn on this ride with reinstituted covid restrictions, but with that new data showing scientists just how dangerous the delta variant is and the return of significant outbreaks that can include breakthrough infections, we're seeing in some places like here in provincetown that those restrictions are already back. this morning, an ominous prediction from president biden reversing course on the possibility of renewed covid-19 restrictions that americans thought they'd left behind.

>> should americans expect more guidelines coming out, more restrictions because of covid? >> in all probability. >> reporter: that warning comes as weeks of rising covid infections are now turning into an alarming number of hospitalizations. 25,000 more than a month ago. austin, texas, home to more than 2.3 million people, now with just 16 icu beds left free. >> we're doing our best, but we're certainly seeing shortages in every level of the hospital. >> reporter: and the mayor of new orleans reinstating an indoor mask mandate as emergency departments have filled up again. >> we have been here before. we've seen the movie over again and what was once unpreventable today is preventable. >> reporter: in new york, returning broadway shows will require vaccinations and masks for anyone attending. but in many other areas mandates are being met with hostility. florida governor ron desantis ordering schools to let parents decide if their kids will wear masks. he says his kids will not.

>> there will be no restrictions and no mandates in the state of florida. >> reporter: but health experts say those restrictions and mandates may be warranted. the cdc revealing a pivotal discovery in their decision to tighten mask recommendations for vaccinated people stem from an outbreak in provincetown, massachusetts, where about 75% of more than 900 people testing positive are fully vaccinated. johnny is one of them. >> the fact that it was passing amongst vaccine folks was very alarming to us. >> reporter: the city's now mandating masks indoors everywhere. restaurants like pilgrim house requiring proof of vaccination, local leaders telling me this outbreak was a wake-up call, but it's further proven the vaccines work. >> we haven't seen a single death. we've only seen seven hospitalizations out of nearly 930 cases. the vaccine is doing what it's supposed to be doing, and that's preventing hospitalizations and certainly preventing death.

>> reporter: and abc news has learned the fda is reprioritizing its resources and its personnel to try to quickly grant pfizer's vaccine full approval instead of just emergency use authorization without cutting any corners. they say this is an all hands on deck approach, and they're moving as rapidly as possible. eva. >> so many people waiting for that full approval. trevor ault for us there, thank you so much. well, the uk saw a surge from the delta variant before the u.s. but now cases are dropping there. abc's julia macfarlane is in london with what that could mean. good morning to you, julia. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, eva. that's right, some interesting data coming from here in the uk. remember those headlines we saw at the start of the summer in europe fearing a devastating third wave due to the delta variant. well, it's still early days, but data from here in london appears to indicate that the uk may be past its peak. we got up to more than 50,000 daily infections in mid-july, that was close to the record in

the second wave, which was over 68,000, but daily deaths and hospitalizations have been way down since back in the second wave in january. we got up to a high of 131 daily deaths this month. compare that to a high of more than 1,800 on a day back in january. daily case numbers have also dropped pretty consistently this last week. scientists say that the euro 2020 soccer tournament could have caused a surge that has now waned now that the tournament is over. school vacations may be also responsible for a dip in spreading between children and parents. however, in the last two weeks, nightclubs and other possible superspreader events have had restrictions lifted by the government in england, so many experts are saying wait and see what the data continues to bring as we could be seeing those numbers starting to pick up in august. however, here more than 71% of all adults are fully vaccinated. so there are hopes that the high vaccination rate may have blunted the impact, at least in terms of deaths and

hospitalizations of the delta variant. whit. >> a lot of people here in the u.s. watching what's going on there in the uk. julia macfarlane for us, thank you so much. we appreciate it. for more now we're joined by dr. john brownstein, chief innovation officer at boston children's hospital. dr. brownstein, good morning. it's always great to have you. the cdc as we mentioned in an earlier report out with that new data showing how much more contagious the delta variant is than other variants comparing the transmission to viruses like chicken pox. help us understand what that means and how much of a game-changer is this information? >> yeah, well, good morning, whit. we do have to acknowledge delta is serious. it's way more contagious than any other variant that we've seen. it's possibly more severe, and we are learning that, you know, you may be able to transmit if you are symptomatic and vaccinated. the data from provincetown is concerning on viral loads and breakthrough infections. we have to remember it may not be the norm. we need more studies to characterize how likely

these breakthrough infections can transmit and we especially don't know if asymptomatic cases can spread. a lot of fear and anxiety, but the good news is we have a way out. provincetown would have been way worse without a vaccine, and we know that the case for vaccine is so strong. that's why we're starting to see an uptick in vaccinations across the country right now. >> you mention that report on provincetown. and i want to go back to that, because it also shows that, as you said, vaccinated people can still get the virus and spread it to others, although symptoms much less severe. so what's your message then to those who already got the shot and those who are still skeptical? >> you know, the biggest challenge right now is countering this perception that the vaccines aren't working because of these breakthrough cases. crucially these vaccines are working incredibly well at preventing severe illness and death. so if you're vaccinated, overall you should feel very good. of course, for immunocompromised people, there's still this concern that immunity may be waning and the booster shot may be important. if you're unvaccinated, you know, the urgency is there.

if you're on the fence please consider getting this vaccine. you know, the surge right now would have been way worse if we didn't have half the population immunized, so we have to really get vaccination up in this country if we're going to counter this delta variant. >> the cdc again recommending masks indoors in places of high transmission, also in schools where many kids still aren't eligible for a vaccine. is that the direction we're heading in now, more mask mandates even for the vaccinated? >> yeah, we have to remember, you know, the unmasking came during the alpha variant, and now we live in this delta world. and, you know, it's a reality of where we're at. we are seeing the numbers of cases about the same as where we were last year. generally speaking, i don't think we'll see universal mask mandates but i do think targeted interventions will be important. masking in schools especially in areas of high transmission will be important to keeping our kids in classrooms, but overall it's going to be about targeted flexible nuanced interventions, community by community and making sure that we're controlling surges, you know, to

really reduce risk to those that are unvaccinated and of course our vulnerable populations. >> i don't have much time on this last one but the fda permitting preventable use of the monoclonal antibody cocktail from regeneron to those who have been exposed to covid-19. from a practical standpoint, how could this be used before someone gets infected? >> yeah, this is great. you know, therapies are not necessarily part of the conversation but especially this fda recommendation for those immunocompromised and can't mount an effective response, i think being able to bring those therapies into surges because vaccines take a couple weeks to take effect so having these could control a surge ahead of sort of this increase in vaccination in the community. >> a new scientific development in all of this. dr. brownstein, as always, thank you so much. we appreciate your time. dan. >> thank you, both. now to the dangerous weather out west where a mudslide on an interstate trapped at least 100 people, and there are extreme heat concerns as well. brittany bell from our abc station right here in new york

city is in for rob. brittany, good morning to you. >> and good morning to you too. it was a terrifying scene in colorado where over 100 people were trapped in cars after a massive mudslide triggered by severe rains poured onto a major interstate and crews had to clear the roads while traffic was backed up for hours. that area could see more flash flooding today. overnight, heat alerts in the west as temperatures could soar into the triple digits. again, in parts of oregon, california, washington, idaho and montana. and this as red flag warnings go into effect for parts of northern california and oregon, and the threat of lightning could spark more wildfires, and in arizona heavy rain and strong winds and hail could come crashing down triggering flash flood warnings. and in the northeast several tornadoes touched down. this pennsylvania town was hard hit by an ef-3 tornado with wind speeds up to 140 miles per hour. but much quieter this weekend across the northeast. eva.

>> i think a lot are grateful for that. brittany, thank you for that. now to millions of americans with their homes at risk. the moratorium on evictions is about to expire, and congress went on recess without passing an extension. abc's alex presha is on capitol hill with the latest. good morning to you, alex. >> reporter: good morning, eva. emotions here on capitol hill are still very raw, and even as the sun came up this morning, there was a group of lawmakers, including cori bush, who slept on the capitol steps as a sign of solidarity but the fact of the matter is right now there is not much known what if anything can be done about this eviction moratorium expiring. this morning, millions of americans on the brink of eviction. on capitol hill, the house missed a window to get a bill passed extending the freeze on evictions. the house now leaving for summer recess. >> i see the tears in your eyes.

this is personal for you. i lived in a car, out of a car with two babies and my partner. i know what that is like. >> pointing fingers at each other. >> we would like the cdc to expand the moratorium. that's where it can be done. >> reporter: the cdc had already extended it three times announcing the most recent extension in june would be their final one. the white house saying its hands were tied. >> the supreme court's ruling stated that clear and specific congressional authorization would be necessary for the cdc to extend the moratorium through july. >> reporter: now for so many american families this weekend, uncertainty. debra chamberlain in salt lake city. >> the last thing i want is for myself and my kids to be sitting in a shelter. >> the total cost to society will be far higher if we don't keep those families in their homes. >> reporter: the cost is high for landlords as well who in some cases have gone months without rent payments. >> when you have between

20% and 25% of your tenants not paying rent, it's been devastating. >> reporter: congress says there is money to help, it's allocated 47 billion for tenants and landlords, but that money has trickled out and only 3 billion distributed so far. demia applied back in april. >> it's now july and i still haven't gotten any assistance. >> reporter: the white house now urging states and local governments to immediately disburse the money already allocated. >> it's stressful. i sit up at night. with the kids you try not to let them know what's really going on. >> reporter: now ow evictions president biden is doing what he can tapping the department of agriculture and department of housing and urban development and v.a. to give a two-month extension to a limited foreclosure eviction moratorium but that impacts people living in homes that are backed by certain government-backed loans, whit. >> that report highlighting the urgency for so many out there. alex, thank you. we move to two other big stories out of washington

surrounding former president donald trump, his taxes and his efforts to overturn the results of the 020 presidential election. abc's ike ejiochi is in washington, d.c. with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. there are new questions for former president donald trump. a house committee releasing handwritten notes that appear to show him pressuring the justice department to declare the 020 election corrupt. now, take a look. these are those handwritten notes taken by a senior doj official on a december 27 phone call. acting attorney general jeffrey rosen tells trump the doj can't and won't snap its fingers to change the outcome of the election. and trump's answer, don't expect you to do that. just say the election was corrupt, leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. and, according to the note, richard donahue, the number two official at the doj told him flat out that much of the info he's getting is false. we look at allegations but they do not pan out. the doj launched dozens of investigations into voter fraud claims, but trump continuing to

hold on. you guys may not be following the internet the way i do. now, all this comes as the department of justice has determined that the treasury department must hand over trump's tax returns to house investigators. dan. >> all right, ike ejiochi, thank you so much. really appreciate it. let's switch gears now and get the weather. brittany bell as mentioned earlier from wabc is right here filling in for rob this morning. brittany, what's happening nationally? >> the heat continues to ramp up across most of the country due to that ridge of high pressure building in. but there is a fall preview on the way across the northeast. check out these temperatures. down into the 40s this morning and higher elevations and the 50s elsewhere. it is really going to feel fantastic, especially if you have an early morning run planned so really feeling great there. but that is not the case across the midsection of the country and the southeast. heat index temperatures climbing into the triple digits sparking excessive heat warnings stretching from monroe and jackson, mississippi and panama city.

charleston, you actually had a heat index temperature yesterday as high as 117 degrees. over the next few days highs continue to heat up. but we get a little relief on t and we'll have more details about those flash flood alerts coming up soon, guys. >> all right, brittany, thank you so much. moving on to this, more bad news for the "titanic." i didn't know you could possibly have worse news but there is. >> onion headline, more from

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passengers on a royal caribbean cruise have tested positive for covid-19. the company says four of the adult passengers are vaccinated and the other two are unvaccinated children. they were all tested as part of a routine end of cruise testing. also right now, broadway announcing new rules before the curtains go up in september. all people over the age of 12 will have to show proof of vaccination and wear a mask while in the theater. the broadway league saying, quote, we have to take safety first. the new policy will be in effect until at least october 31st. and bob odenkirk telling his fans that he had, and i'm quoting here, a small heart attack leading to his collapse on the set of "better call saul" this past tuesday. the actor says he will be okay. he's 58 years old and he's thanking everybody for the love they have shown. there was a massive outpouring on twitter when news that bob odenkirk who really is fantastic especially in "better call saul"

fell ill on the set. so glad to hear he's doing okay this morning. we start this half hour with a deeper dive into our top story. simone biles withdrawing from two more events, the individual finals and the vault and uneven bars. joining us this morning with more is "usa today" sports columnist christine brennan. thanks so much for being with us this morning. i guess the first question we should start with is, what is the latest you're hearing on just how simone biles is doing? >> eva, you know, this is still a story of the olympic games, and simone has gone on instagram and has said that she's still feeling that she's getting lost in the air, the twisties, as she described them, and she said that on friday, and so she is out of two events of the four that she was going to do, and there's potentially two more yet to come monday and tuesday, but as of right now simone's entire olympic games has been that one vault in the team competition before she withdrew, and we will see what goes on from here. but as each event goes along,

unfortunately, the days are getting short, and she has each time withdrawing from events so we'll see what goes on from here, but the news does not look good for simone in terms of the possibility of competing in those final two events, floor exercise and balance beam, and that's all that's left at this point for her. >> and we've heard other gymnasts talk about the fact that getting the twisties lost in the air is particularly dangerous. simone biles is doing skills that no other female gymnast has ever done before, but how dangerous is something like that for her? >> you know, eva, if a baseball player is not feeling great, he could play. he's not going to necessarily, you know, injure himself severely. a swimmer, i've been covering swimming all week, katie ledecky, caeleb dressel, it's dangerous if they're not feeling 100%, but it's certainly not life-threatening. for simone, i mean her life is a

high-wire act. she is the greatest of all time, and if she were to make a mistake on some of these, you know, these flips and flying through the air, she could injure herself severely. and that's the difference here and that's why i know a lot of people out there have been critical. shame on them for being critical of her, but when you think about it, this is an athlete unlike any other, and the risk is so great and the margin for error so slim, and so that's why, of course, she has to be careful in addition to the fact she just doesn't feel great doing it right now. she's losing herself in the air. the potential for serious injury is there, and that's again why she is withdrawing from these events. >> so many people are watching what she's going through, watching how she's handling it all. what do you think the bigger message and takeaway is for a lot of these sports organizations and as they watch athletes, elite athletes like this go through this type of --

>> eva, this is i think a national conversation that's turning into a movement, and it's about time. you know, you've got obviously naomi osaka, michael phelps, of course, now simone biles taking us to this very important national conversation. i picture the kids. i picture young people who might feel depressed or concerned about where they are in their lives, and they can look to these heroes and they can say, well, if it happens to them and they're dealing with it, i can deal with it too. so let's hope as role models, they can help many people out there. >> christine brennan, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. you know, whit, this sends such a strong message to so many people that she's not alone, and they are not alone and a lot of people deal with this. >> i know i don't know anything about sports but it's possible she's making a much bigger impact by normalizing the discussion around mental health than she ever would have through getting gold medal. >> also interesting she's taking us along with the journey and seeing videos of the training. she's still trying every day so fascinating to watch. we'll stand by for more.

let's get a check of the weather once again. brittany bell in for rob. severe weather in many parts of the country. >> that's right, and we're still watching those fires raging out west. here's some video of those intense flames in taylorsville, california. that fire is running about 240,000 acres on top of that and cedar bridge, you can see all the smoke and flames as well in washington state. now, the heat and humidity just making things worse. you can see we have heat excessive warnings. real feel temperatures over 100 degrees and a red flag warning as well, that combination of the smoke and low humidity could spark additional fires and smoke leading to bad air quality across the intermountain west. similar conditions across the midwest as well due to smoke from canadian fires. that's what's go good morning, the last day of july, walnut creek has son in your face this morning, but temperatures coolin

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welcome back to "gma" and welcome back to "gma" and how companies are dealing with getting employees back into the office, but the delta variant now already unraveling some plans and forcing a u-turn in other places. abc's deirdre bolton has more. >> reporter: "the new york times," google, facebook, twitter, uber, lyft and apple all delaying a return to the office due to the delta variant. >> this version of the virus, the delta variant, it's as or more contagious than chicken pox. >> reporter: the chief executive of "the new york times" company wrote to an email to staff on friday it's not ready to specify a new date for a full reopening adding that employees would have at least four weeks' notice before the return ask. >> all of the employers are

getting together scratching their heads trying to come up with the solution. >> reporter: for many workers they remain in limbo adding stress to what has already been a difficult year and a half. >> we're going from same to same to same and then you're going straight into household duties, and there just aren't that many breaks anymore between the workday and the home life. >> reporter: during this time, one expert says companies with good leadership embrace one key concept. >> clarity, clarity of policy, clarity of support, clarity of things to support people in the home environment. >> reporter: for some, remote work is working for them. >> i don't have the long commute. i've replaced that commute with having more bonding time with my children. i'm not spending an endless amount of time looking for parking. i can get the work done. i feel that i've proven that i can be highly effective as a remote worker. >> reporter: to that end advice for workers who do not want to go back to the office full time whenever those offices do

re-open. >> there are really three key steps to think about. the first is, have an open and honest conversation with your boss or manager and let them know how you are, how you're feeling. number two, let them understand the why. i think the stigma has gone away in terms of working from home and then the other thing is make sure that your contributions are known and that they're valuable. >> reporter: disney, the parent company of abc news, is delaying its return in order to give time to employees to be fully vaccinated. as a final point in these trying times or maybe because of them, experts say the war for talent is real and companies that lead with empathy will hold on to their stars. eva. >> deirdre bolton for us there, thank you. coming up on "good morning america," will this type of training you're seeing here become mandatory for flight attendants? after the results of a new survey, the president of the association of flight attendants joins us live. association of fls

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as i was saying, so in your view does this represent a significant increase and, if so, why? what's going on? >> well, this is a huge increase. in fact, if we stay on this trend, we're going to have more instances of unruly passengers in this year alone than we've seen in the entire history of aviation. and with 85% of the flight attendants saying that they have experienced an unruly passenger event this year alone, and one in five saying they've experienced a physical incident, this is just something we've never seen before. we don't recognize it, and we can't accept it as a new normal. people are stressed coming to the door of the aircraft. everybody needs a little help. we need people to be helpers and they're acting out on our planes. we often are the tip of the spear of anything social or political going on. and that's what we're seeing right now. >> it's really unfortunate. i know at one point you required self-defense training for flight attendants. are you thinking about reinstating that? >> so we had self-defense training after 9/11. that was supposed to be mandatory. airlines lobbied to not have

that cost, and so it became a voluntary program, which we have continued to support over the years. we believe it should be mandatory because you need that muscle memory of the repeat training in order to respond in a crisis. and this is a great class. i've taken it. it really helps you understand how to stand, how to protect yourself and how to deal with these things. and, unfortunately, that's where we are. flight attendants are having to take self-defense training to defend themselves in the air because this has become so common. it's a relatively small number of passengers, dan, but they're creating an atmosphere that's increasingly hostile for the crew and the other passengers onboard. >> yeah, it's unacceptable. i really just have a few seconds so just a short answer if you can. should we ban alcohol on flights? >> we should ban alcohol on flights for a period of time because alcohol is a major contributor to these incidents, and we shouldn't be adding anything that is making this worse. >> okay, really appreciate your time. thank you very much. we'll be right back with our "play of the day." ♪all by yourself.♪ you look a little lost.

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♪ ooh, we got the bass heavy. ♪ ooh, we got the bass heavy. >> that's because it's time for our "play of the day." check this out. the family intent on summer fun. these guys taking it upon themselves to create their own slip and slide laying out giant sheets of plastic and then prepping it all for maximum slidiness. lots of work just to get to that stage. but then it was time for the fun and watch this. kids inaugurating the slide and then everybody, mom, dad, everybody went down the slide. >> not quite as graceful. >> they were all eager to get in on the action. >> is that a onesie he is wearing? >> i don't know what that is. overalls? >> it's fashion forward. i like it. >> my only concern is like if you come down really fast, the grass has to hurt. >> that's like dan coming back from vacation. hey, guys, here we go. >> i got lots of energy this morning. >> exactly. >> it's going to be dangerous for everybody. i can't get over the music. i just keep picturing the band laying down this track. >> does it bring you back to your youth? >> yeah. let's not talk about that.

>> his nights on the jersey shore. >> i'd like to stay employed. >> of course. all right. "gma," of course, two hours on saturday so coming up here, simone biles and her latest decision on competing in the upcoming events. and the dababy backlash, the rapper taking heat from celebrities for homophobic comments. mophobic comments. >> announcer: now as the country re-opens for a brighter summer it's time to -- >> "rise & shine." >> announcer: and we're celebrating traveling to all 50 states. >> let's do it. >> "rise & shine." >> announcer: celebrate this summer with abc's "good morning america's" "rise & shine" tour.

>> announcer: okay. how would you like to wake up to idris, ryan, john and margot? your mornings are looking building a better bay area, moving forward and finding solutions, this is abc news. >> good morning i am liz kreutz and put more bay area tech companies are delaying returning to office this year because of concerns over the delta variant. the san mateo-based roadblocks is returning to january 4th from mid-september and san

francisco-based sauna debated its return from the fall until next february. lyft delayed its return until next february, uber can can can october 25th, google and apple are also postponing mandatory returns until october the tonight watch a movie in san mateo under the stars, coyote point park is showing real and the last dragon, it begins at 7:30 and everything is free, including parking tonight. organizers suggest you reserve your tickets in advance. coyote point park is hosting free movies on the last saturday of every month to october. now let's check the weekend forecast. >> good morning, it is three to 5 degrees milder, a low cloud deck and the numbers are my my 63 around palo alto, fog around santa rosa and visibility to

two miles, cloudy san francisco, 74 in vacaville and low 70s inland. despite the warmer start to the day we will have a cooler finish. numbers out of the mid-90s to around 91 in livermore, 88 at concord, 74 of alejo and 63 san francisco, low 80s around nfl. the accuweather seven-day forecast a little change to start august with minor ups and downs through the week. >> thank you for joining us on the news, we ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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good morning, america. it's our second hour and this morning, simone biles withdraws. the superstar gymnast will not compete in the vault or uneven bars finals. we're live from tokyo as team usa goes for more gold. katie ledecky swimming to victory as teammate caeleb dressel has his own record-shattering race. "the war has changed." the latest cdc report on the delta variant and breakthrough infections. the president warning americans about more restrictions and the cluster of cases in one cape cod town shaping new guidelines. our team is on the ground in provincetown. also this morning, backlash for dababy. outrage over the grammy winner's homophobic comments at a miami music festival. celebrities sounding off. the rapper pulled from the