reggie: i am daphne. good morning, america. on this wednesday, that stunning downfall for new york governor andrew cuomo. cuomo resigns. >> the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. >> amid those blistering allegations of sexual harassment he apologizes to the women but blasts the report as politically motivated. what he said about the harassment claims and what's next in his legal battle. could he face charges? the fallout this morning. breaking point. the delta variant surging across the south. hospitals filling up. what the cdc is now saying we could see by labor day. houston setting up overflow tents while dallas schools defy their governor mandating masks as students head back to class.

what we're now learning about possible booster shots. breaking overnight. the senate passing president biden's massive $3.5 trillion budget blueprint with spending on climate change, public education and the social safety net. will it pass? we're live from the hill this morning. also breaking overnight. the taliban seized control of more key cities in afghanistan as u.s. troops continue to withdraw. what president biden is saying tis morning. >> dangerous weather. monsoon storms bring flash flooding to the southwest with water rescues. overnight, tropical storm fred on the move taking aim at florida, rob is tracking the path and timng. charged. two basketball coaches facing second degree murder charges after a high school athlete died working out in extreme heat. her parents speaking out this morning. christina applegate reveals her has multiple sclerosis.sa at

♪ plus, if you build it, we will come. get ready to say good morning from iowa for a dream visit to the hawkeye state as we "rise & shine" with a grand slam surprise. and good morning, america. look who is back in the studio. welcome back from tokyo. >> i've actually been back for two days, just not on this show. all right, thank you. >> jet lag over. >> almost, almost. >> it is a very busy wednesday morning. >> it certainly is. that delta variant surging, icu beds dwindling in hard-hit areas across the south. in fact you're looking live at lbj hospital. overflow tents set up outside. this is a sight we had seen the last of. >> we have more on that ahead.

but we begin with the fallout from andrew cuomo's resignation stepping down after those reports of sexual harassment avoiding impeachment but there are still questions about what this means for his legal defense. let's go to erielle reshef in albany with the latest. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael. a bit of whiplash here in albany. just one week ago it seemed as though the governor would not give up the fight but that bombshell announcement ending his decade in office. he will step down less than two weeks from now. this morning, a stunning downfall for new york governor andrew cuomo, resigning amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. >> given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. >> reporter: the governor averting lengthy impeachment proceedings but his legal battle just beginning as he faces possible misdemeanor charges in albany stemming from a criminal complaint filed by his former executive assistant, brittany commisso. >> that's when he put his hand

up my blouse and cupped my breast over my bra. >> reporter: cuomo saying that never happened. his resignation coming one week after the release of that scathing report from the state attorney general that found he harassed 11 women. at tuesday's press conference, cuomo's attorney speaking first slamming the report as biased. cuomo then denying the allegations but apologizing to the women. >> in my mind i have never crossed the line with anyone. but i didn't realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. there are generational and cultural shifts that i just didn't fully appreciate, and i should have. no excuses. >> reporter: for the first time cuomo addressing allegations made by a state trool security who told investigators the

governor groped her on two separate occasions. >> i did not mean any sexual connotation. i did not mean any intimacy by it. i just wasn't thinking. it was embarrassing to her and it was disrespectful. it was a mistake. plain and simple. >> reporter: the state trooper's attorney gloria allred said resigning was the right choice but rejecting the idea that the governor didn't know better. >> he used his power. he used his influence. he used his prestige in order to hurt women. >> reporter: it's a crushing downfall for a man once one of the most prominent voices in the democratic party, just last year hailed for his leadership during the pandemic and considered a democratic contender for president. hours after the governor's announcement, president biden weighing in. >> did you think he would resign?

>> i respect the governor's decision and i respect his decision he made. >> reporter: cuomo says he wants this transition to be as seamless as possible. lieutenant governor kathy hochul says she is ready to lead and will serve out the rest of his term through the end of 2022 and she'll also make history as new york's first female governor. >> thanks. let's bring in dan abrams, so on the political front cuomo had no way out, that's what he concluded. does the fact that he's resigning have any impact on his criminal jeopardy? >> well, it shouldn't. in theory these are two totally separate tracts, but you can imagine that the albany county investigators and the d.a.s are probably breathing a little sigh of relief here just in terms of the timing, because there was enormous and is enormous pressure on them to investigate this and by a lot of people to bring charges. so the resignation as a legal matter shouldn't have any impact but as a practical matter may

give them just a little bit of breathing room. >> and in theory the new york lawmakers could still go forward with impeachment? >> absolutely. the purpose of it would be to prevent him from holding public office again. they could go through the impeachment process, have the trial in an effort to make sure he can't run for office again. but as you know, as a political matter, yes, there are legislators saying right now we'll investigate this. we have to consider this, et cetera, but i can't imagine that they're going to have the political will to move forward with that entire process even though the governor has already resigned. >> right, because the trial would be going on after he presumably has left office. he's going to leave office in the next couple of weeks. could the fact he resigned be used against him in any potential civil suits? >> so, the fact that he resigned couldn't but anything he said certainly could be. you know, that phrase anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law, it means something.

it means that when he holds a press conference, when he makes comments, those statements could be used against him in any potential civil lawsuit, if there are inconsistencies in things he said, if he used words like offensive, et cetera, all of those things could potentially be so i would expect that his statement was carefully vetted by lawyers before he came out and made it. >> dan abrams, thanks very much. amy. now to the pandemic. a cdc forecast now saying covid hospitalizations could quadruple by labor day to more than 33,000 admissions a day. healthcare workers already overwhelmed with patients as the cdc nears a decision on possible booster shots, marcus moore is at a hospital in houston with more on all of this. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: amy, good morning and you can see the overflow tents right outside the houston hospital and in one county in hospitalizations have increased more than 400% in the last 30 days.

hospitals here are strained. this morning, the delta variant surging across parts of the south. >> you're just seeing this firestorm across the south that's basically picking off anyone who is unvaccinated. a significant percentage now are going into hospitals and going into icus. >> reporter: overflow tents erected in houston and in north texas the region down to only two pediatric icu beds. >> these are not just for covid. car wrecks and anything else, if your child needs icu and a ventilator in a 19-county area, we have two. >> reporter: after banning mask mandates across the state texas governor greg abbott now asking hospitals to stop non-emergency surgeries to make room for covid patients. >> nobody else understands what it's like to work in an icu right now, the countless death that we're seeing, we're not making a difference anymore. i feel like we've lost this fight. >> reporter: and now, concern is growing about what this means for unvaccinated children as they head back to school.

in dallas, the school district defying governor abbott's orders officially rolling out a mask mandate tuesday. >> there are consequences for whatever actions you take and i'd rather take that consequence than have the health of family and students and staff on my mind. >> reporter: in florida, the white house looking for using federal covid relief fund to pay teachers after governor desantis threatened to withhold salaries of school officials who enabout a mask mandate. this as dr. anthony fauci joins the second largest teachers union now calling for a vaccine mandate for teachers. >> i think we should. we've had 615,000-plus deaths and we are in a major surge now as we're going into the fall into the school season. this is very serious business. >> reporter: so in the meantime, you have this perfect storm of the covid-19 surge marching across parts of the south, and then at some hospitals they

don't have enough staff to meet the potential demand for beds. amy. >> it is so disturbing. i know the cdc is meeting friday to discuss those booster shots. >> reporter: amy, that advisory panel say they'll meet on friday to discuss the possibility of booster shots for people who are severely immunocompromised but abc news has looked at part of that presentation at least 1 million who got the moderna or pfizer vaccine have already gone to get a third booster shot. it's important to point out that the fda has not yet approved those shots. >> all right, marcus moore with the latest from houston, thank you. now to that breaking news from washington. early this morning the senate passed president biden's $3.5 trillion budget to expand the social safety net, setting the stage for a big battle this fall. our congressional correspondent rachel scott has the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. after a 14-hour fiery debate on floor overnight lawmakers have now passed this

budget resolution along party lines. this opens up the door for democrats to advance the next part of president biden's agenda, a $3.5 trillion package that democrats plan to pass on their own. this includes a massive amount in spending on several democratic priorities, everything from universal pre-k to free community college, funding to combat climate change. it would be paid for by increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations. republicans who just hours earlier worked with democrats on a bipartisan infrastructure package in the senate are blasting this as a spending spree but the reality here is that democrats hold a razor-thin majority in the senate. they have now laid the groundwork to be able to pass this on their own. their challenge will be keeping their own party united. moderate democrats have already indicated that that $3.5 trillion price tag is too much, george. >> there's going to be a razor-thin margin either way, thanks very much. michael.

>> thank you, george. now to tropical storm fred. the system on the move and set to take aim at florida. rob is tracking the path and the timing. good morning, rob. >> hey, good morning, michael. it became a tropical storm officially overnight tonight and it will be taking aim at florida as you mentioned. here's what it did to st. croix, u.s. virgin island there, wind and rain for sure. in puerto rico gusts to 55 miles per hour, and in santo domingo or in the dominican republic, a surfline camera, 100 miles from santo domingo. it has gotten a little bit better organized and tropical storm warnings posted for much of the dr and now it'll scoot past there later on tonight and then get across cuba and the bahamas, turks and caicos. the official track brings it to the florida straits late in the day on friday. i'd much rather have this go into miami friday and not get in the gulf because then it has a and the forecast brings it close to hurricane strength by sun

we'lbe watchg csely.r to y. >> all right, rob, thank you. now to that news from afghanistan overnight. the taliban seizing control of more key cities. the militants taking an estimated 65% of the territory. back in april it controlled only the areas there in red. this is what the map now looks like. president biden, though, standing by his decision to withdraw u.s. troops after nearly 20 years. ian pannell has the latest on all of this. good morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, amy. you know, it's hard to imagine a worst picture this morning as the taliban advance almost unimpeded and now, the head of the british military here is warning that if afghanistan falls apart, if it fractures, then get this, once again it could be a bastion for international terrorism and violent extremism. overnight, the taliban seizing control of more key cities in afghanistan as u.s. troops start to finish their withdrawal ending america's longest war. the militants with at least nine

major battlefield victories in less than a week as they advance at bewildering speed. the extremists reported to be fighting together with al qaeda and other terrorist groups. the biden administration insisting government forces have the training and numbers to hold back their advance, but all evidence on the ground shows the opposite as terrified civilians flee the fighting. this astonishing map shows how rapidly the taliban have advanced since mid-april when joe biden formally announced plans to bring the troops home. according to one estimate now controlling 65% of the country as government troops surrender, defect or simply retreat. overnight, biden standing by his decision. >> afghan leaders have to come together, we lost thousands, lost death and injury, thousands of american personnel. they've got to fight for themselves.

fight for their nation. >> reporter: so far i have to be honest that isn't happening nearly enough despite what president biden says. michael, you know, the groups that we went to war against almost 20 years ago this morning look closer to victory than ever before. >> all right, ian, thank you so much for that report. whoo. we're going to turn now to a big change at the box office. amc theaters announcing it will soon allow moviegoers to buy tickets and concessions online using bitcoin and t.j. holmes joins us and brought us some bitcoins? >> no, can't afford them yet. mr. strahan, three tickets for "jungle cruise," how are you going to pay, cash, credit or crypto? that's the question you may be getting down the road. this is the direction things are going, amc, the largest movie theater chain, going to start accepting bitcoin by the end of the year if you make your purchase for concessions or tickets online or on the app.

now, why would they do this? sure, this is the way things are going. more and more people are using crypto but the whole mean stock trend going on with gamestop and these young amateurs, savvy folks getting on, inflating the price of these stocks, well, amc was one of them as well, so the ceo is maybe thinking i got these young tech-savvy folks as young investors, maybe this will adhere to them. hey, they're not the first, not the last, they're just the latest. amc, we are talking about home depot, whole foods, microsoft, at&t, paypal, venmo, all in some way, form or fashion are starting to allow folks to use cryptocurrency, bitcoin in particular. this is the way things are going. don't know if you own any. didn't bring any. the prices can go all over the place but right now some almost 50 million americans own bitcoin in particular so this is the direction things are going. see that. >> amy is over here smiling. >> i've been riding the wave. >> the wave is up right now.

>> i know, that's why i'm smiling. >> amy is a gambler over here. we have a lot more coming up on "gma" including christina applegate. she is revealing she's been diagnosed with ms. what we know about her condition and dr. ashton is here live. then, those murder charges in the death of a high school basketball player. the teen collapsing during practice in extreme heat. this morning her parents are speaking out. but first, let's head back to rob. >> speaking of heat, amy, the heat is building across much of the country. want to give you an update. fresh video out of california, this is from last week before greenville, much of that town burned down, dramatic stuff. here is the heat from the northwest to the northeast. 33 states are under heat alerts. heat emergency just declared in boston through friday. time now for your stormy cities sponsored by verizon.

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speaker signed off after they fled the state. to prevent the passage of a bill they say would restrict voting rights. it came hours after republican state lawmakers in texas voted to allow the arrests. and then take a look at this. a rescue after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding in arizona. multiple people had to be pulled out of this pickup truck. fire crews wading through the currents when a ladder could not reach them. thankfully everyone is okay there. we have a lot more ahead including on how to choose the right mask for your kids as they head back to school. a lot of decisions for parents all coming up. michael? >> very important decision there. amy, thank you. now we turn to actress christina applegate revealing on twitter that she's been diagnosed with ms. fans in the hollywood community sending messages of support as we learn more about her current condition. eva pilgrim has the latest. good morning, eva. >> reporter: good morning. the emmy-winning funnywoman has always been open about her

health letting fans and viewers into her life, previously sharing about her double mastectomy and having her ovaries removed, but this morning, the actress facing a new health battle, multiple sclerosis. this morning, emmy award-winning actress christina applegate revealing she's been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. >> so weird. can i give you a hug? >> no. >> reporter: the 49-year-old "dead to me" star announcing the news on twitter tuesday writing, a few months ago i was diagnosed with ms. it's been a strange journey but i have been so supported by the people that i know who also have this condition. it's been a tough road. multiple sclerosis, or ms, is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system. more than 1 million americans have the disease. symptoms include vision problems, dizziness, numbness and weakness. >> at the time of the diagnosis of ms, it can be really scary because there is this sort of sense of the unknown. ms can certainly be disabling but for a lot of people, it's a very controllable condition. >> reporter: big celebrities

sending messages of support. jamie lee curtis tweeting, be where your feet are, my hand in yours. actress selma blair tweeting, loving you always. always here. >> whatever happened to my cool, confident roommate? >> it was a big facade. >> reporter: blair who starred alongside applegate in "the sweetest thing" revealed her own journey of living with ms in 2019. this is not applegate's first health crisis. she was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in 2008 and underwent a double mastectomy. as a teen applegate shot to stardom as kelly bundy in "married with children." >> that's my date, tell him i'm not home. >> why don't you tell him? [ laughter ] >> good idea. >> reporter: on the big screen she may be best known for her role in the movie "anchorman." >> you have bad hair. >> what did you say?

>> reporter: but now off camera she is taking this new health battle head-on tweeting, as one of my friends that has ms said, we wake up and take the indicated action. and that's what i do. and production on the third season of "dead to me" which stars applegate has been paused temporarily. the actress asking for privacy as she faces this new diagnosis, michael. >> all right, thank you so much, eva. we're going to bring in our chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. doc, we are going to just simply ask, what are the symptoms of ms? >> that's one of the mysterious things, the symptoms can be vague and it can take some time for diagnosis but it really runs the gamut. people can complain of a squeezing sensation in their torso, obviously fatigue, weakness, difficulty walking, stiffness or muscle spasms, loss of balance, this can affect speech, it can affect vision. it can affect bladder function.

this is a debilitating and often progressive neurologic condition so the symptoms really vary. >> what is the outlook for someone who is diagnosed? >> well, it's one of the difficult things is that there are four main types so the outlook varies based on the type. it can wax and wane, this is something that is chronic. unfortunately there is no cure so the treatment really involves managing those symptoms, preventing flares and trying to give that person as good a quality of life as possible. >> and for christina applegate to share this with the world, what sort of impact do you think that has? >> yeah, listen, i think it brings awareness to something that so desperately needs awareness, and for the 1 million americans living with ms, maybe gives them a feeling that they're not alone but, you know, we can't talk about these conditions enough, and balancing that obviously for her, requests for privacy. >> can't talk about it enough. you'll be back. dr. ashton will be with us our next hour with more on ms and women, amy.

>> all right, michael, thank you so much. now to murder charges in the death of a 16-year-old who collapsed doing conditioning drills in extreme heat. two basketball coaches have now been indicted for reportedly forcing that teen to run up stadium steps and this morning, her parents are speaking out. janai norman has that story. good morning, janai. >> reporter: hey, amy, good morning. imani's father eric is a coach at nearby school. eric bell says his girls' basketball team practice was cancelled that day back in august 2019 because of the heat and he says he still can't fathom why imani's team was still outside that day. this morning, two coaches are now charged with second degree murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of a high school basketball player who participated in team drills. according to the 2019 autopsy report, the heat index was over 100 when 16-year-old imani bell collapsed while running up the

stadium steps at elite scholars academy in georgia. the grand jury indicting coaches larosa walker-asekere and dwight palmer finding they caused bell excessive physical pain by conducting outdoor conditioning training for student athletes in dangerous heat. speaking exclusively with "gma," her parents say in those conditions, the teen should have never been outside. >> no reason you should be outside. it's too hot. >> reporter: she was rushed to a nearby hospital where she later died. >> i didn't think i wasn't leaving the hospital without my daughter. i thought maybe she was just a little sick, but it didn't turn out that way. she fought, but she didn't make it out. >> reporter: an autopsy concluded that imani's death was heat related, but the bells say it could have been prevented. >> they had rules and the rules weren't followed and they had rules that would have helped her stay alive.

they were supposed to have ice baths and things of that nature there if they were outside in the heat. they didn't have that. >> reporter: they filed a wrongful death suit against the team's coaches, the school principal and other staff earlier this year, but this is the first time coaching staff has faced murder charges in connection with the heat-related death of a student athlete, something the bells hope will lead to change. >> we're seeking justice and we need everybody in the world to understand that, you know, you need to take this heat seriously and just be aware of what's going on in your surroundings for all kids to listen to your body, if your body is hot, stop. >> reporter: rob told us earlier 33 states are currently under heat alerts. so, if you are outside in this heat, especially this time of year, you've got to pay attention to the signs of heatstroke. so a body temperature above 103 degrees, hot, clammy skin, not sweating, a strong rapid pulse, dizziness, confusion, nausea. all of those are signs to get

out of the heat and cool down. guys? >> tragic reminder. our hearts go out to her family certainly. sure do. w'll be right back. (music) (music) the magic is calling you to the walt disney

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kids and masks are tricky. they get distracted and they pull them off or down off their noses. kids even breathe more through their mouths than adults so their masks can get a little wetter, or feel stuffier. so, as they head back into school where they'll be wearing masks all day, which ones should they be using? it's a back to school unlike any other. the cdc recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students and visitors to k through 12 schools regardless of vaccination status saying, children should return to full-time, in-person learning in the fall with layered prevention strategies in place. the american academy of pediatrics issuing the same guidance. >> you have plenty of data, plenty of studies from this country and others that show us that if we mask our kids, if we space them out and if we have good ventilation they can go back to school safely. >> reporter: with the delta variant surging, many parents with a burning question, what kind of masks should i get and will it keep my kids safe? for this family they get masks that their 6-year-old will keep on.

>> we're more comfortable with her wearing a mask that she can wear all day, you know, versus a stronger mask. >> reporter: but we asked a pediatrician at new york's columbia university medical center whether a kn95 mask is the right choice for protecting your child. >> i'm not ready to recommend that any one child has to wear a kn95. >> reporter: instead she says getting cloth masks that fit your child's face is the key. >> as long as your mask is fitting well, as long as the mask is, you know, taut and you have a good fit at the top and at the bottom, you can keep washing it and wearing it. >> reporter: and one technique to check the quality of your child's mask, hold it up to the sun. even when i stretch it, you can barely see any dots of the sun, but this one, when i hold it up to the light, oh yeah, you can see all those little poke-throughs.

it's just not thick enough. listen, we've heard talk about double masking and kn95s, but the best mask for kids is the one they will wear all day and wear correctly. medical experts say for kids that's probably a cloth or a surgical mask, george. >> so if it's a cloth mask how do parents make sure the fit is right? >> we want to start with adjustable ear straps. kids' faces are smaller so long ear straps can make it gappy. kid-specific sizes or more of a tailored style. so it isn't just a big rectangle all over their face. next, look for a mask that has a wire strap in the nose for contouring to the face. it'll fit a little bit better, and finally, you want to have a couple of extra masks tucked in to kids' backpacks. doctors say kids do tend to breathe more with their mouths so there's more humidity, and they sweat, so a fresh mask will make the experience so much more

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it's 8:00 a.m. stunning downfall for new york governor andrew cuomo. >> the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. >> he resign as mid those blistering allegations of sexual harassment. what he said about the harassment claims and what's next in his legal battle. the fallout this morning. breaking point. the delta variant surging across the south. hospitals filling up. what the cdc is now saying we could see by labor day and this morning, the latest on possible booster shots. christina applegate's health battle. the actress reveals her multiple sclerosis diagnosis. the signs to look out for and why women are at a greater risk. dr. ashton is live.

♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t ♪ we've got some r-e-s-p-e-c-t from marlon wayans. he's live this morning on his big, new blockbuster alongside jennifer hudson. ♪ plus, get ready to "rise & shine" and good morning from iowa from the gorous naturalbea america's dinner tables. we're live for a home run morning in the hawkeye state at the birthplace of "field of dreams." >> baseball man. >> wait until you see the dazzling magic ahead on the baseball diamond. >> if you build it, he will come. >> that voice just now, what is that? ♪ [ laughter ] >> my man, ike, needs an academy award for that acting. good morning, america. thanks for being with us this wednesday morning, ike is going the distance as we "rise &

shine" from iowa. the state with the 1989 classic "field of dreams" set. >> he was all in and we can't wait for more. just on the other side of that corn maze by the way is where the yankees and white sox will face off for the field of dreams game tomorrow and this morning we are there live counting down for all that. we can't wait. >> we have loved seeing every state. more from iowa. first the news starting with the fallout from andrew cuomo's resignation. he stepped down following those blistering reports of sexual harassment. erielle reshef is in albany with the latest. good morning, erielle. >> reporter: good morning, to you, george. a bit of whiplash in albany. just last week the governor was defiant but now his resignation ending his decade in office, his legal battle may just be beginning. this morning, a stunning downfall for new york governor andrew cuomo resigning amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. >> given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i

step aside and let government get back to governing. >> reporter: the governor averting lengthy impeachment proceedings but his legal battle just beginning as he faces possible misdemeanor charges in albany stemming from a criminal complaint filed by his former executive assistant brittany commisso. >> that's when he put his hand up my blouse and cupped my breast over my bra. >> reporter: cuomo saying that never happened. his resignation coming one week after the release of that scathing report from the state attorney general that found he harassed 11 women. at tuesday's press conference, cuomo's attorney speaking first slamming the report as biased. cuomo then denying the allegations but apologizing to the women. >> in my mind, i've never crossed the line with anyone. but i didn't realize the extent to which the line has been

redra redrawn. there are generational and cultural shifts that i just didn't fully appreciate. and i should have. no excuses. >> reporter: and cuomo will step down less than two weeks from now and says he wants the transition to be as seamless as possible. lieutenant governor kathy hochul will serve out the rest of his term through the end of next year, michael. >> erielle, thank you. >> we turn to the pandemic and the surging delta variant. a cdc forecast now saying covid hospital admissions could quadruple by labor day to more than 33,000 a day. marcus moore is at a hospital in houston with more. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning again. you can see the overflow tents that they have prepared outside lbj hospital. here in houston as a new surge of covid-19 spreads across parts of the south and puts a strain on hospitals. this morning, the delta variant surging across parts of the

south and concerns growing about what this means for unvaccinated children as they head back to school. in dallas the school district defying governor abbott's ors officially rolling out a mask mandate tuesday. >> there are consequences for whatever actions you take and i'd rather take that consequence than have the health of students and staff and families on my mind. >> reporter: a similar scene in florida. the white house now looking into using federal covid relief funds to help pay florida teachers after governor desantis threatened to withhold salaries of school officials who enact a thank mandate. dr. anthony fauci calling for a mask mandate for educators. >> i'm going to upset some people on this but i think we should. we've had 615,000 plus deaths and we are in a major surge now as we're going into the fall into the school season. this is very serious business. >> reporter: back here in texas in one county in the southern

part of the state they have seen hospitalizations increase more than 400% in the past 30 days, michael, it gives you a sense of how quickly the delta variant and covid is spreading in parts of this region. >> as we heard in that piece, marcus, very serious business, thank you. coming up, christina applegate revealing that she has ms. dr. ashton is back with all women need to know and the possible risk factors. and then we are live from iowa at the incredible "field of dreams" corn maze. the yankees and white sox facing off there tomorrow night. it looks like some other players are already taking the field. plus, marlon wayans is in "respect" with jennifer hudson. we'll be right back. ♪ bring it on home ♪

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"harper's." quote, my wish for my 40s is to be fun and full of freedom. i want this next decade to be about celebration, joy, giving and receiving. to read more from her interview pick up the september issue of "harper's bazaar" on newsstands august 31st. gosh, she looks incredible. next up, if you love mowing the lawn this story is for you. the hottest new video game on the market, yep, it lets you ride a mower across the english countryside and that's pretty much it. you can pick the mower and then you just mow. the release of lawn mower simulator also has a career mode where you can really test your skills as a professional mower. the cutting edge game, yes, i meant to say it, will cost you $29.99. it's now available on xbox or

for your pc. early reviews say it is incredibly gratifying and relaxing. love it. finally, over the years we have had reports of dogs being able to talk or even just say words. with some very skeptical and perhaps fairly so but this morning there can be no doubt that at least one dog can sing opera and very well at that. take a look, george. [ dog howling ] >> okay, lara, i surrender, dogs cannot talk but they can sing. [ laughter ] >> see. there -- i mean there' really nothing else to say, nico has been singing since a puppy. his human mom posted it on tiktok. 2 million views can't be wrong.

she says nico performs every time he hears opera music or sirens. >> nice. >> i drop the mic and send it back to you, george. >> that was great, lara, thanks. over to michael >> thank you, george. now to our "gma" cover story. it's more on tres christina applegate announcing she's been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. let's check back in with chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton and, doc, thanks for being be. can you explain what it is. >> if you think of it as a neurologic condition affecting the central nervous system with an immune cone. imagine our nerves are a hose and it needs insulation to get the water from point a to point b, you can think of them as lots of little holes there so it leaks and it disrupts the passage of those messages, those signals in the central nervous system. >> i know we talked about it earlier but what are the symptoms and how is it diagnosed? >> so, symptoms range, they run a spectrum depending on where in the brain the ms is occurring it

could be fatigue, it could be speech problem, bladder problem, motor or movement problems and the diagnosis is really a comprehensive one, sometimes it's a diagnosis of exclusion but includes a good medical history, a full neurologic exam then often an mri of the brain and some blood tests and a lumbar puncture and usually with those the diagnosis can be made but it can take a while. >> women are four times more likely to be diagnosed than men. do we have any idea. >> unfortunately, we don't but this is a great example of how the same condition, ms, really presents differently based on gender. there is an interesting association with pregnancy, though, a lot of times pregnancy obviously a powerful hormonal condition can cause kind of a protective or abating in the symptoms then a lot of times unfortunately will get a flare postpartum so not well understood. >> sometimes it's been mentioned low vitamin d may contribute to

that. what do we know about that? >> so in terms of risk factors, it's really unclear other than gender, of course, some people find obesity, smoking to be associated risk factors but the vitamin d link, there is some research that really doe suggest an association, i want to be clear, not a cause and effect between low vitamin d levels and ms so, again, we know vitamin d has an impact on the immune system. there could be something there but definitely needs more research and awareness is so important, so when a celebrity like this comes forward, a lot of people learn about this condition. >> and, doc, when you speak, people can listen and get more information from you which we always, always appreciate. thank you. > thanks, michael. now we go to rob. hey, rob. >> hey, good morning, guys. sorry to miss you there. i'm ready to tell but what's happening across the northeast and also the severe weather that we saw the past couple of days

across the midwest. over a dozen tornadoes are being reported, nearly 500,000 without power in places including chicago. we had some thunderstorms in new york city as well last night. look at those lightning strike, my goodness. that will wake you up out of bed. it's ushering the heat and humidity that's going to really make things uncomfortable. heat emergency declared in boston. excessive heat warnings for new york city and philadelphia. temperatures today with the humidity will feel like 104 in d.c., philly, 100 in new york and boston and even warmer tomorrow and not really cooling off much friday. heat wave for the northeast and also a heat wave for the northwest and they're coming off their record shattering heat wave that was deadly just five weeks ago.

well, it is time to "rise & shine" from iowa and ike ejiochi is live from the original diamond from "field of dreams" and on the other side of that cornfield, the brand-new mlb field of dreams diamond with have its debut game and, ike, it looks beautiful there. how is it going? >> reporter: oh, it's going great. this is the fantastic state of iowa and not necessarily in heaven, but we are in iowa. you know, amy, after the inaugural field of dreams game was put off due to the pandemic, mlb resumed its effort and now is bringing major league baseball to the state of iowa

for the first time. now, we toured this beautiful state to see how folks are adapting and not only surviving but also how they're thriving through this pandemic. gna be a♪ >> reporter: the mississippi river to its east and missouri to its west iowa is a state of natural beauty, eye-catching public art and bustling agriculture. more than half of the country's corn comes from the hawkeye state and those cornfields inspiring one of america's favorite movies, "field of dreams." >> oh. >> reporter: as the ghosts of the chicago white sox from the year 1919 -- >> do you see the baseball men right now. >> of course, i do. >> reporter: emerge from those corn stalks. >> reporter: this field and those cherished memories another reason to ask is this heaven? nah, it's iowa. ♪ down the road this is home to

lol's fine kitchen. >> that means grandmother. when you go to lola's, you know you'll get good food. >> reporter: that warm hug getting harder to offer when the pandemic hit. >> we were struggling to keep the doors open. >> reporter: the team at lola's focused on selling condiments. >> people were cooking at home more and experimenting and we saw a spike in our products. >> reporter: now lola's fine kitchen doors are open and their hot sauce is now in retail stores nationwide. >> we can weather the storm and weather anything that the world throws at us. ♪ >> reporter: this is the owner of next page book. >> this is probably one of the most popular areas in cedar rapids. if folks are traveling from even around the world a lot will find their way in. >> reporter: when the pandemic shut his doors he resolved to st focused on this store and its survival i didn't have time to think about much else. >> reporter: offering at home delivery, deliveries made himself.

>> i didn't really know what i was doing. this was sort of a knee-jerk reaction. it seemed like the right thing to do. >> reporter: rebecca runyan is the founder of bessie's parlor she started in her college form room. >> growing up on my family's dairy farm i was constantly promoting the dairy industry and realized that i could change this industry by having something that i was doing be a little different than the typical. >> reporter: making extra creamy ice cream at home. the pandemic paused plans to open a store and instead she decided to team up with local charities. >> i saw business as a way to make this positive social change. >> reporter: hosting free ice cream socials for people assimilating to freedom after incarceration pivoting from business to philanthropy. >> i've personally always seen that there's ways that we cannot just overlook the people who are on the margins of society but really use our resources to make an impact.

>> reporter: now, there's so much excitement for the yankees/white sox game happening tomorrow night but i'm here with some youth baseball players playing on this field tonight. we have the dream and white sox ace representing new york and chicago and, yeah, that game is looking pretty good, guys. >> pretty cool for them to be able to play there but speaking of that game tomorrow night, white sox/yankees, how hard is it to score tickets to that? >> reporter: you know, amy, that is the hottest ticket in town. as you know mlb built that brand-new stadium just for that game tomorrow night. it seats 8,000 people but let me tell you something, there were thousands upon thousands of more people who signed up for this ticket lottery that they opened up to the fans and unfortunately it looks like there's going to be a lot of fans sitting at home watching this game. >> all right. well, you know, a lot of us will be doing that too in new york. ike ejiochi, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> and coming up here, marlon wayans stars with jennifer hudson in "respect." he'll join us live.

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we have another update in 30 minutes but you can always find the latest on the app and it abc7news.com. . this is my -- >> your hairline? >> extra large is not my -- >> size. >> whoo! >> hey, i'll tell you right now, that hairline -- >> this is my -- >> bald hair, try that one. i don't think it's going to work. >> a little "$100,000 pyramid" there. michael, you seemed to have fun with tiki barber. >> and joe tessitore. that was a lot of fun. check them out. they're in the hot seat tonight, all new episode 9:00, 8:00 central here on abc. >> how many jobs do you -- >> you know - here. are you a hologram. >> i smelled you -- i said, i

smell money. [ laughter ] >> we should introduce you. >> do y'all sleep? >> you know him from the scary movie franchise, also from "white chicks." and "in living color" playing aretha franklin's husband in a new movie "respect," the one and only marlon wayans, everybody. good morning. >> yeah. [ applause ] >> so i was going to say you were in the hot seat now but it looks like michael is. >> i'm sweating here. >> get your money, man. hey, man, i'm trying to do the same. you know, i called you today. what color are you winning? that's the money color, we wearing that. [ laughter ] >> you are here to talk about your incredible film "respect." jennifer hudson is, of course, playing aretha franklin. we had her on yesterday and she said it's actually a tie between you and jamie foxx for her favorite co-stars so here --

>> a tie? what's wrong with you girl. >> break the tie. >> she was being politically correct. i am her favorite co-star, period. >> she did -- >> i know you got the statue and all that but i'm a favorite. >> is it true you had to buy her love, massages -- >> i didn't buy her love. [ laughter ] i was just being nice. this girl was working harder than michael. [ laughter ] i mean, she was singing everything live, take after take after take. her instrument is so strong, she never even asked for hot lemon water. the woman is a machine and i was just watching her and i was just marveled by the hard work she was doing, so i just made sure as her co-star like if she needed anything from marlon to jennifer that i'd be there for her. if you need water, what do you need, food. it's been five hour, eat something so i ordered food and she worked and did a lot of dance numbers, i did a massage. took care of her and that built a great on-screen chemistry. >> clearly. >> did you bring that towel for

michael. >> just in case i sweat or he sweat. >> more of the second. she was here yesterday and it is effortless what she does. also your performance, dramatic >> thank you. >> with you, we're so used seeing you do comedy. what was it like to take on a dramatic role like this? >> i want to say effortless because for me comedy is hard. we think -- drama is hard, don't get me wrong but comedy, we go, what's funny about the worst thing that ever happened to me or the word. we find funny in the darkest of subjects, right? drama, you go, and then comedy, when that pain comes in, the first thing, what's funny about that then i store that somewhere deep in my soul and when you do drama you open up that safe and you get to emote. you get to cry. you get to feel and so when we do takes and i'd be crying and i swear, i went an hour after one

take and the director was like, are you okay? i was like, no, i think you have to get a therapist down here. there are some things i have to go over. >> let's take a look at a clip. >> a week and i return to tennessee. >> well i won't waste any time. i'd like to take you out. >> hmm. i would like you to take me out. >> how about tonight? >> re, come and help me set this table. >> yes to tonight. >> okay. >> excuse me, momma. >> whoo. we see forest whitaker there. he plays aretha's father. >> yeah, he's amazing in the movie. >> what was it like, you know, performing with forest? >> between him and jennifer,

jennifer was like i said -- i want people to see it just to see her performance. it's literally a work of genius. i've never witnessed something like that and then forest, amazing. because i improvise in comedy. this man improvise in drama and went there. we did a scene and he tries to evoke emotion so wanted fear to be the emotion. forest pulled out a gun and, oh, that's not in the script. [ laughter ] >> that's not rehearsal. >> i never seen george laugh like this. [ laughter ] >> 30 takes, it worked every time i got scared. every time. >> you gave us a glimpse of your comedy special, it's all about facing fear. >> my comedy special is called "you know what it is." it will be on hbo max august 19th. it's a really, really funny comedy about, yeah --

>> what's your biggest fear besides forest whitaker with a gun? >> y'all may be a little -- i am so scared of brothers with llon evil.tething - 94.3% of all brooklyn brothers, outie belly button. >> wow. >> he got an outie belly button right there. i know, i know. >> are we going to see a "white chicks 2"? they say they're in. >> they could be in. they're white chicks. so much makeup for these black men. i just want to do movies where i'm a black man. easier for me. >> fair enough. >> what about stand-up. >> i'm doing stand upin new york city at the gotham comedy club. i got four show, get your tickets and next weekend i'm at the donya improv in florida.

i'm working, man. i'm trying to be like you. >> he said i'm just trying to be somebody. you're beyond somebody. >> i am old. i just have a young face because i've been trying to wait to make it. as soon as i make it, i'm painting -- washing all this off and you'll realize i'm older than morgan freeman. >> i've never seen george laugh so hard so you got something there. >> my man, george. >> "respect" is in theaters on friday. thank you so much. you just made our wednesday. >> good. >> coming up, we got rebecca hall telling us about her new thriller as she joins us live and headed back to iowa to "rise & shine." ♪ one kiss is all it takes ♪ ♪ falling in love with me ♪

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♪ we are back with rebecca hall. we another her from "vicky cristina barcelona" and now starring in "the night house." take a look. >> who is i can't hear you. >> and rebecca hall joins us now. you have us hooked at this point. thank you, rebecca, for joining us. in this movie you play a widow

grieving her husband who is alone in the house he built for her. i heard they built an exceptionally spooky set. >> that is true. they did. well, they did incredible things with a lot of the decor like they had to -- a lot of the scares come from that feeling you get when you stand in the bathroom alone and get a glimpse out of something in the corner of your eye and 234 in this they cut the door frame to look like the profile of a face but only if you hit the right angle and it genuinely did scare me. >> what drew you to this role? >> what drew me to this role? i don't know. i think i'm probably -- i don't know. i must be out of my mind. probably the fact i had to do a lot of it on my own seemed quite intriguing. i've never done anything like that before but in retrospect that was a crazy idea. >> is it true in real life you

had a near ghost experience? >> well, yeah, i was staying in -- it was definitely, definitely would call it a near ghost experience. i was staying in a famous hotel in concord, massachusetts, and everyone was telling me he that it was haunted and my room in particular was very haunted so i spent every night expecting something to happen and then one morning i got woken up by the sound of marching and drums and sort of old timy horns blaring, immediately terrified, thought this is it. here they come. looked out my window and it was some sort of civil war reenactment going on. so, yes, a near experience, yes. >> near ghost experience. you're also about to make your directorial debut in "passing" based on a novel by nella lawson. >> it's a harlem renaissance novel that focuses on two black women who, one of them is

passing for white and the other is living in harlem as a black woman but they are both capable of passing and they reunite at the beginning of the movie having not seen each other since they were kids and trouble ensues. >> sounds like a fascinating movie. rebecca hall, thanks for coming in. "the night house" hits theaters august 20th. now let's go to rob. >> the heat and ♪ bring it on home ♪ time to head back to iowa. the latest stop on our "rise & shine" cross-country tour. ike is on that famous baseball diamond from the classic movie "field of dreams" and is about to make one special family's dream come true.

hey, ike. >> reporter: hey, good morning, michael. i'm here with paul carpenter. 'he a dad, a husband, but he also is a survivor. he spent 144 days in the hospital battling covid-19 with over 100 of those days spent on a ventilator. now, thanks to the amazing work from his health care team plus the support of his wife and son, paul says he is lucky to be alive. now, we're going to chat with paul in just a little bit but first here's his story. ♪ >> it's been a year since we've done this. >> he's always called me his best friend, being a parent you're not supposed to be your kid's best friend. you're supposed to be a role model. i can't imagine my life without him. i can't imagine his life without me. >> reporter: interest working on the car. >> so, oil here. >> reporter: to long walks in the neighborhood. >> are you nervous about that? >> no. >> reporter: paul and his son carter are each other's best friend. >> they have had such a strong relationship since day one.

paul has always said that he was just going to go to college with carter and they were just going to be roommates. >> reporter: last november they came face-to-face with their worst fear when paul was hospitalized with covid-19. >> i really had no idea how sick he was. when he was at home, they called me at 3:11 in the morning and told me they were putting him on a ventilator. they had put him on a ventilator but in the meantime, he had coded. >> reporter: amy brought her son to the hospital where medical staff advised that they say their good-byes. >> he's basically my world. i looked up to him like my entire life and i just couldn't even process about having to see him go and like thinking that i could lose my dad just basically devastated me. >> reporter: carter looked at the doctor and said he's not going anywhere. he's going to be all right.

you know, because my perhero. no 14-year-old boy should have to go through that. >> reporter: against all odds after 144 days and the hospital's record amount of time spent on the machine, he was able to get home. >> i didn't teach carter enough. there's still things he needs to know. >> now, paul, i know you signed up for mlb's field of dreams game and the ticket lottery and have friends and family sign up and i also know that you didn't win. we got a big surprise for you. we got some people in that corn maze waiting. guys, come on out here. come on, guys. ♪ bring it on home bring it on home ♪ >> reporter: wife, son. how do you feel right going to

dreams game? >> awesome, great. >> tell me this, how does it feel able to share this moment right here with your family? >> awesome. it's just -- i couldn't imagine this. i can't believe it happened. >> now, you remember back to the movie "field of dreams" and that very special moment at the end where kevin costner's character comes out and he asks his dad to have that catch with him. >> yep. >> i think your son carter wants to ask you. >> hey, dad, would you like to have a catch? >> of course. >> yay. oh. >> back to you. >> i got to say, ike, that was really, really something. thank you for bringing that to us. really, really special. great job. great to see the family back together. >> it is. everybody, stay right there. coming up, we have a special performance by sebastian yatra for our "gma" summer concert series.

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and ryan. wel be back at 11:00. wel be back at 11:00. until then, hav deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan! today, from the series hit & run, sanaa lathan. and live's back in business week continues with mediterranean chef, maria loi. plus, a 17-year-old young man from california is bringing us our good news story of the day. also actress ali wentworth is back for another day at the co-host desk. all next on live. and now, here are ryan seacrest and ali wentworth! thank you, déjà vu. good morning, ali. good to see you again. welcome back. good to have you with us. it's wednesday, august 11th. filling in today for kelly is ali wentworth. thank you. thank you. we've got maria loi, 'cause i know that you and your husband go to greece all the time. she's gonna prepare some greek food. i had a birthday party and we did it at her restaurant. at lloyd's?

we had one long table. it was so delicious.