check out the explosions o hospitals in the southern end of it comes as vaccine maker novavax says the government will pay them $1.6 billion to expedite 100 million doses of a covid vaccine by early next year biotech company regeneron is now beginning late-stage clinical trials of an antibody cocktail to prevent and treat the disease. this morning another but in staten island, staggering milestone the u.s. surpasses 3 million 60-year-old sylvester flores beat covid on his own, released cases of coronavirus with 37 after three months in the hospital states seeing a rise in positive results. the surge putting a strain on >> 93 days is something we can't testing and causing major shortages. >> the shocking cell phone video imagine. phoenix police openi fire on a >> reporter: for one family, a parked car happy homecoming, while so many thppe maorters say police aren't others are still in the fight of their lives. telling the full story across the nation, testing the growing outrage. remains a big concern. not just the long lines, but the >> overnight, first the teacher lengthy amount of time it can take to get results back who got national attention with frances? >> okay, miguel, thank you a student mary kaye laternaeu >> it's a question on every parent's mind right now.

will their kids return to the classroom this fall? president trump is ready to end that debate, vowing to pressure states to reopen schools, even has died >> how clean is the air you breathe in an airplane as coronavirus cases hit record highs in the u.s the surprising new result. "early today" starts right now our capitol hill correspondent good morning, i'm frances right now at 4:30, making rivera alice barr joining us now with more alice, good morning. fall lesson plans. this is typically an issue left that's on the minds of many from the president to thousands of to governors and local leaders bay area families. next, all new details on how >> and i'm phillip mena. >> reporter: yes, phillip. some schools plan to teach this this is the kind of back and fall. and happening today after it was announced former teacher forth we've seen through the weeks of demands, the family of pandemic mary kaye laterno has died after president trump frequently trying to assert his power, a man killed by vallejo police saying, you know, earlier in gets to see some crucial evidence. a battle with colon cancer this fight that he had the plus, facebook and civil she captured headlines for her ultimate authority in making decisions over what happens at rilts. ill is it affair with a student. the state level. that was for reopening next, a new report due out today one day after mark zuckerberg she was found guilty of rapping businesses but for schools there is even more, you know, layers of billy faleau and had his child bureaucracy involved here. you have not just the governors, speaks and married him after she got but you have each individual out of jail. school district that is making they had another child and wrenching decisions about how to separated it in 2017 the father cared for her during safely reopen, things like how to distance kids in the the final month of her life. classroom, how to distance them mary kay was 58 years old. on school buses. president trump, though, has >> turning to the latest on the been very clear that he wants coronavirus pandemic, the number kids back in the classroom of confirmed coronavirus cases for one thing it's difficult for in the united states is now over parents to go back to work when

their kids are still at home 3 million. that grim milestone was reached so that's central to his message as the trump administration of reopening the economy formally gave notice to withdraw from the world health but the trump administration is also saying that the risks for organization over its response children in terms of social and to covid educational drawbacks are the country that is second to america in the number of greater than potentially the infections is brazil virus itself if they remain out of the classroom the government has stopped reporting accurate numbers, but the american academy of at least 65,000 brazilians have pediatrics has recommended kids died from the virus. go back to school in person if and after downplaying the risk, possible but during an event on this topic yesterday, the trump administration did not offer any concrete policies or critically president jair bolsonaro revealed he tested positive. while speaking with reporters any new funding to help schools about his test result, bolsonaro restructure and reopen safely. despite that, here is what removed his mask and said that president trump said about how he is fine >> mask requirements in the u.s. he is going to press individual school districts and states to reopen have led to a lot of outbursts in stores. take a look at this one from a costco in florida. >> we hope that most schools are going to be open we don't want people to make >> back off! political statements or do it for political reasons. i think it's good to be good for them politically so they keep >> the person filming this says the schools closed that that man got aggressive no way after being asked by an elderly so we are very much going to put pressure on governors and woman about wearing a mask everybody else to open the an insurance company tweeted schools to get them open, and that he has since been fired it's very important.

a trade association representing major retailers like walmart and it's very important for our country. it's very important for the target are asking governors to well-being of the student and the parents. require masks statewide. so we're going to be putting a lot of pressure on open your they say the differences in local rules are fueling this schools in the fall. confusion. >> federal health officials are >> i think what we're creating creating surge testing spots is going to be mass chaos as schools begin to reopen. with a goal of testing 5,000 people a day in hot spots where the spread is out of control >> reporter: and each district is coming up with its own here's nbc's miguel almaguer approach in florida, where cases have >> reporter: in just this first been soaring, the governor announced that he wants kids week of july, a staggering new back in the classroom full time record of infections, more than starting in august many other districts are looking at sort of a hybrid approach where there would be some online education and some in-person, but again, it's just wrenching 3 million cases. >> we're running out of room decisions that each individual >> reporter: texas, arizona and is trying to make and a florida are seeing a strain on patchwork of challenges all over the country. i.c.u. beds. the sickest who arrive may never >> patchwork is a good way to leave. >> these patients when they come put it alice barr for us. in, if you don't hug your family thank you, alice member like right then, who is >> there is outrage in phoenix after an officer shot and killed a man in a parked car. to say you're going to be hug them again the latest incident sparking >> reporter: with new cases climbing in 37 states, this scene across the country outrage over police tactics.

the video is disturbing. hector salazar sleeping in his car overnight to be tested >> reporter: frances, the >> in the last three days that i phoenix police department is facing mounting scrutiny after another officer-involved came, i got the line like 50 or shooting death the tense confrontation captured on a bystander's cell phone 60 cars and no chance. >> reporter: the nation's largest testing site, dodger camera on the 4th of july. stadium, shutdown for days >> don't shoot" >> reporter: officers shouting lines formed at dawn in new into a parked car and firing a barrage of bullets orleans, but tests ran out 5 minutes after doors opened in phoenix where the temperature soared into the triple digits, [ gunshots ] it can take eight hours to get a [ bleep ] >> reporter: the video doesn't clearly show what happened in the moments before the gunfire test, and ten business days to get results. or what else led up to the >> we ask for a little incident but the man inside that car, understanding and patience 28-year-old james garcia, died >> reporter: many of the >> the officers did not have a infected are asymptomatic, like warrant and approached him in the cara tatsumaing he was someone he wasn't. >> reporter: phoenix police say they were responding to a 911 th atalanta's mayor who has ne 275d caller who said someone was threatening him with a knife >> yeah, he tried to kill me >> reporter: police say the caller directed them to a house and once they arrived, they spoke with several people including garcia, asking for ten minutes to leave his car so they

could secure the scene >> that's when mr. garcia decided that he was not going to interact with officers any more, and he rolled his window that's when he armed himself with a's gun >> reporter: police say garcia pointed the gun at an officer. the department has only released his body camera footage from an officer who arrived after the shooting and retrieved a weapon from the car >> the gun is secure wasn't there some other way to handle this that involved de-escalation? >> once again, those are things that are going to be looked at when the investigation is complete >> reporter: protesters and garcia's family are demanding answers. >> please, let me get justice for my brother >> reporter: the phoenix police department now says it can't locate the original 911 caller and it did not find a knife inside ca garcia's car frances? >> gabe, thank you >> new details in the case of jeffrey epstein's alleged accomplice

as ghislaine maxwell gets ready for her arraignment next week, they are demanding epstein's estate pay for her legal fees. the case is delayed till september. in a separate case, deutsche bank was hit with a $150 million penalty fine the new york state department of financial services said it failed to monitor suspicious account activity on his account. it alleges money laundering linked to two other banks. >> we are now here mid week. let's get a check of our weather with nbc meteorologist janessa webb to see how hot it's going to get in most of the country. >> yeah, it's still very steamy across two-thirds of the nation and temperatures are well above average. nearly 25 degrees above average in some spots. and that's going to spark up the storms that we're seeing pretty continuously for the northern plains into the midwest, and that will continue all the way to tomorrow afternoon. also watching tropical development off the carolina coast fothe nextr to

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>> reporter: as more people get back on board with air travel, so many are wondering how safe is the air inside the plane. here's how it works. inside the cabin, air flows from top to bottom, not side to side between passengers, meaning it comes in from the vents above and is sucked out through vents in the floor it's run through heavy grade help a filters similar to those used in hospitals which pull out 99% of particles that filtered air is mixed with fresh air from outside on delta airlines, they are changing those filters twice as often as recommended >> you may notice it's dirty on the top where the air has flown into the filter, but it will be clean on the bottom side >> reporter: and what does that show us? >> it shows us that the filter is working >> reporter: and own every airline, the an entirely new batch of air flows into the cabin 2 to 4 minutes >> the air quality is quite good on an airplane, better than you'd find in most indoor environments >> reporter: the air on the airplane is cleaner than you would find inside of a grocery store? >> yeah, it's cleaner than

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hi again >> good morning. temperatures continue to to roar the feels like temperature is 105, 115 in some spots the northeast, look at this. a dramatic change. they're back into the lower to mid 70s. the humidity will die down but carolina and chicago still in the 90s. try not to complain. it could snow any day now. >> could snow any day, how about that can't fathom that at this point. janessa, thank you much more ahead here on "early today. stay with us >> and excerpts from the new tell-all by president trump's ece clinniinudg the bombshell claim that he cheated on his s.a.t.s. multiple symptoms of psoriatic arthritis to help you look and feel better. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms,

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of american democracy. the white house says that the book is full of falsehoods and denies that the president paid someone to take his s.a.t.s. >> now toa block buster trial involving hollywood actor johnny depp, the star is suing british newspaper the star -- the sun, excuse me, and the publisher for libel over a 2018 article that called him a wife beater ex-actress amber heard was also in court headlining the explosive details, things are really hitting the fan when it comes to these allegations. >> reporter: that's right, frances. now, that's a hollywood block buster, one says another saying, blood feud and "amber cut off my fingertip. we'll get to that in a second. no doubt it seems like a volatile relationship. the question is who was the instigator of violence in this marriage johnny depp suing the sun for

calling him a wife beater. he said he's not his southern upbringing would not allow that his ex-wife was directing abuse. she punched him repeatedly in the face on a private jet making him lock himself in the bathroom and she severed part of his finger when she threw a bottle of vodka at him. she claims he did it when he smashed his finger against the wall with a phone. his friendships with hunter s. thompson and keith richards, and also marilyn manson. but the one explosive thing in court that is actually quite disgusting, he says he knew the marriage was over when he found feces in his bed, possibly from heard or one of his friends which she says she called a practical joke he said he knew the marriage was over so this is just day one of what is expected to be a three-week trial. we expect to hear more testimony from dep today in the high court. frances? a all levels of disturbing when

it comes to what's coming out on day one. chapman, thank you >> my goodness >> my goodness is right. >> we will be following that for you. >> sure will thanks for starting your