coronavirus cases soar to new heights as the nation's top health official. >> russia put a bounty on erican soldiers. we're live with a response from president trump. >> unfurling a new future. mississippi votes to remove the confederate emblem from its

flag ♪ i just want to live ♪ god don't take me as the black lives matter movement takes center stage at the b.e.t. awards. a good monday morning. i'm cori coffin. >> i'm phil mena officials are reversing course on re-opening. the pandemic have infected 2.5 million. and felt hardest in florida, texas and arizona. those states are on track to becoming epicenters. >> in california the governor is ordering bars to close down again in seven counties including los angeles. and he's also recommending they close in eight other counties. in a push to get back to normal american airlines say it will no longer strict the number of seats sold and allow all middle

seats to be filled beginning wednesday. andrew cuomo issued an executive order warning any new yorker who visit as high-risk state of will lose paid sick leave benefits provided by state law. however it does exclude any essential travel for work. >> as coronavirus cases surge through the south vice president mike pence is visiting the emerging hot spots his first stop of texas where yesterday he delivered the administration's clearest message yet, wear a mask to slow the spread >> reporter: phillip, a dire situation is developing across the state of texas as the u.s. vice president mike pence touched down there on sunday his message to texans wear a mask in texas the pandemic is quickly spiraling out of control nearly 150,000 cases, at least 2300 dead. despite postponing campaign events in florida and arizona, vice president mike pence touched down in dallas wearing a

mask with this message for texans >> your local officials in consultation with the state are directing you to wear a maverick, we encourage everyone to wear a mask in the affected areas. >> reporter: pence said he's worn a maverick several times this week a marked contrast to past appearance and out of step with the president who has only been seen wearing a mask once. the administration defended that position pointing to the president's unique circumstance. >> he's tested constantly and those around him are tested constantly >> reporter: pennsylvania was in texas to attend an event to celebrate freedom at a church. >> we are one day closer to the day we put this pandemic in the past >> reporter: social distancing esencouraged but not always practiced. especially in the case of the choir. not a single singer was wearing a mask pence met with governor greg abbott who said the situation

across the state is desperate. >> covid-19 took a very swift and dangerous turn in texas over just the past few weeks. >> reporter: earlier this week abbott reversed course shutting down the state's bars. he now he says he regrets opening bars so quickly. in houston, a severe covid warning. fourth of july cancelled >> any event that's more than 100 people outside, those events pretty much have been cancelled. >> reporter: long lines and little social distancing at a testing site and city's hospital less than 200 icu beds left. doctors exhausted and overwhelmed said a crisis born out of complacency >> people acted like it was summer it's coming back and biting us >> reporter: in houston and san antonio residents are being told to "today" inside as hospitals approach local capacity an alert

blasting people's phones outside dallas six flags is still open with this warning six flags can't guarantee you won't be exposed to coronavirus during your visit. health officials sending a warning of their own for texas and hot spots across the country, time is running out now in texas medical supplies and manpower are key concerns going forward. less than 1400 icu beds available across the entire state. the vice president mike pence on sunday saying texans will get the supplies and personnel they need phillip. >> thank you there are growing calls this morning for answers from the trump administration about an alleged russian plot to have u.s. service members killed. there are questions from both sides of the aisle about what the president knew the president was up late last night trying to set the record straight on this >> reporter: overnight we saw a

tweet from donald trump saying basically that he had only just now been briefed by u.s. intelligence officials and that they told him they did not think the reports were believable enough to report to him and vice president mike pence now he also used this tweet as an opportunity to slam these reports as yet another example of the russia hoax meant to undermine him and the republican party. here in moscow russian officials have not minutesed words about this story over the weekend we saw a statement that slammed it as an unsophisticated fake that betrayed a lack of intelligence on behalf of the u.s. spy community adding what else can you expect from the same people responsible for a failed 20 year war in afghanistan now russian spokesperson backed up these reports and said russia was tired of responding to each and every one of these allegations, these types of allegations of which we've seen

several over the past few years. we've not yet heard anything from the kremlin on this but we are expecting something, perhaps, later today, but it will be in a similarly dismissive tone to the foreign ministry statements. as we've seen whenever we have these scandals moscow prefers to sit back and watch the chaos unfold in washington back to you. we'll have many more days of that the four ex-minneapolis police officers charged in the death of george floyd are set to make a court appearance. hearings for derek chauvin and j. alexander kueng and a third officer have been consolidated a protest against racial injustice is helping to make sweeping changes the 120-year-old mississippi taet flag is getting a make over the state house and senate both

voted to remove the confederate battle emblem from the state flag on sunday the commission will design a new flag keeping the slogan in god we trust voters can approve the new design in the november election. santa cruz, california is making changes to its law enforcement tools. the city has become the first in the nation to ban a practice known as predictive policing which uses data to predict where crimes may occur the change comes after unanimous decision by the city council the santa cruz police department began using predictive policing in 2011. they will end using facialdeh o. >> black lives matter protest continued across the country the latest one for elijah mclain who died last year after colorado police stopped him as he was walking home from a tore. they applied a chokehold while

detaining him. for the latest we go to david. >> reporter: protesters calling for change and charges hundreds marching in front of the police department and municipal building in aurora, colorado demanding justice for elijah mclain who died after police detained him last august. police say three officers involved were moved to non-enforcement duties, removed for their own safety >> charges need to be filed because it was murder. >> reporter: an internal investigation found the officers followed all proper protocols. the governor has now start ad new independent investigation. elijah mclain was 23 years old heading home from a neighborhood convenience store. you can see him in this newly obtained surveillance footage. >> he bought juice and snack

he would come in and buy with cash mostly and give a bow before leaving the store >> reporter: after he left he was walking and dancing, wearing a ski mask someone thought that was suspicious and called 9/11 police stopped him and pirned him down using a chokehold. during the struggle paramedics injected him with a sedative he died a few day later in the hospital >> he deserves justice they murdered my friend. and nothing happened they got to go back to work. >> reporter: the state of colorado passed weeping new police reforms >> 100% of legelationship to cas that happened in colorado including elijah mclain. >> reporter: many people here hope this will lead to prosecutions all right let's get a check

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♪ jennifer hudson is demanding respect in theupcoming bio pic t aretha franklin. it follows her life from singing in her father's church to becoming the queen of soul now to a remarkable reunion nearly four decades in the making here's kate snow >> reporter: this profound moment an instant caught on camera that changed everything

for dedr taylor. >> i always known i was given a second chance at life. >> reporter: she's the little girl in this photo snapped 37 years ago when she was rescued from a fire one icy december night in new york city why did you keep that newspaper article all these years >> it's a part of my history you know >> reporter: now an emergency room nurse she always wondered about the firefighter who saved her so when she got a chance to volunteer on the covid front lines at a new york hospital recently she carried the clipping from her home in virginia and one day shk firefighters >> they put me in touch with the captain and when i mentioned eugene's name he knew exactly who i was talking about. i will say ill feel my heart ska skipped a beat >> i found the child, the baby and gave her two quick breaths, and got her, you know, revived

>> reporter: the pair finally finding each other four decades later and in the age of covid connecting with a phone call and then on this zoom call with us >> that day i cried all day. and at 75 years old and what's all gone on in this world right now, just been wonderful >> reporter: what brought the tears? >> the whole thing that this young woman who is now the legacy has carried on because of us were fortunate i found her and she found me and knock on wood and we have a lot in common. we were both in military she was in the army i was in the marines. >> it was a special phone call just having the opportunity to say thank you. >> reporter: a reunion that would never have happened if it were not for the pandemic. >> she's part of my family's life >> they plan to meet in person when it's safe

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right now at 4:30, fire danger. the north bay under red flag warning but that danger is looming across the bay area after a few weekend scares. kari hall is tracking those hot spots for us. plus, covid crisis. the governor now ordering bars to close down again as cases spike. next, the reopenings that are now being delayed. "today in the bay" starts right now. and a very good monday morning to you am thanks for joining us. i hope you had a good weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping an eye on the commute. first, we want to start out with meteorologist kari hall who is